单词 | tower block |
释义 | > as lemmastower block tower block n. a tall block of flats, a high-rise building, a skyscraper. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > types of building generally > [noun] > high building > collectively point block1954 tower block1966 tower1970 1966 Atlantic Oct. 127 Tower blocks can be accused of leading to eardrum degeneration, owing to constant use of high-speed elevators. a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1975) I. 82 The jack-block building in Coventry, a fifteen- or sixteen-storey tower block built by a new technique of jacking each storey up after it has been erected. 1982 Listener 23 Dec. 58/4 Most American film crews refuse to take rooms higher than the second floor of towerblock hotels since this picture. < as lemmas |
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