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单词 high-rise
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Word forms: plural high-rises
adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
High-rise buildings are modern buildings which are very tall and have many levels or floors.
...high-rise apartment blocks.
...high-rise office buildings.
A high-rise is a high-rise building.
That big high-rise above us is where Brian lives.
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high-rise in British English

adjective
a. (prenominal)
of or relating to a building that has many storeys, esp one used for flats or offices
a high-rise block
Compare low-rise
b. 
(as noun)
a high-rise in Atlanta

high-rise in American English

(ˈhaɪˌraɪz)
US
adjective
1. 
designating or of a tall apartment house, office building, etc. of many stories
noun
2. 
a high-rise building

Examples of 'high-rise' in a sentence
high-rise

The upsurge mirrors an increase in the number of high-rise buildings going up across the capital.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There is also an argument that some cities could cope with more high-rise buildings.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The visible result of these factors is a concentration of high-rise buildings at the city centre.
Jilbert, John Geography Basic Facts (1983)
This does not deter the tech winners from seeking out luxury warehouse apartments and high-rise penthouses here.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Or like a row of terraces rather than a high-rise apartment.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Lovers dance barefoot in their high-rise apartment.
Christianity Today (2000)
The same characters replay the same scenes in a modern high-rise hospital in the middle of huge metropolis.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Most people in this group lived in crowded flats in high-rise buildings to save more money to send home.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The landscape would be barely recognisable, although high-rise buildings built of reinforced concrete would remain standing.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
No high-rise buildings, just the lights of yachts and the distant harbour.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It is one of the three metals used in the construction of high-rise buildings and big-ticket infrastructure.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
From his impressive high-rise office, we surveyed the view.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Now there are endless high-rise apartments, hotels and convention centres.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There are no high-rise buildings or chain restaurants, but there are lots of great places to eat.
The Sun (2014)
During a job in demolition, he noted the furniture left behind by families moving to new high-rise blocks.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
All I remember is a roller coaster ride through a maze of high-rise buildings and alleys.
The Sun (2010)
I live in one of a cluster of high-rise apartments on the eastern edge of Manhattan.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)

In other languages
high-rise

British English: high-rise /ˈhaɪˌraɪz/ NOUN
A high-rise is a modern building which is very tall and has many levels or floors.
That big high-rise above us is where he lives.
  • American English: high-rise
  • Arabic: بِنَايَةٌ عَالِيَة
  • Brazilian Portuguese: arranha-céu
  • Chinese: 高楼
  • Croatian: neboder
  • Czech: věžový dům, věžák
  • Danish: højhus
  • Dutch: hoogbouw
  • European Spanish: bloque de pisos
  • Finnish: monikerroksinen
  • French: tour bâtiment
  • German: Hochhaus
  • Greek: πολυόροφο κτήριο
  • Italian: palazzo a molti piani
  • Japanese: 高層建築
  • Korean: 고층 건물
  • Norwegian: høyhus
  • Polish: wieżowiec
  • European Portuguese: arranha-céus
  • Romanian: bloc turn
  • Russian: многоэтажное здание
  • Latin American Spanish: edificio alto
  • Swedish: höghus
  • Thai: ตึกสูง
  • Turkish: gökdelen
  • Ukrainian: хмарочос
  • Vietnamese: nhà cao tầng

Chinese translation of 'high-rise'

high-rise

(ˈhaɪraɪz)

adj

  1. [flats, offices] 高层(層)的 (gāocéng de)

n (c)

  1. 高层(層)建筑(築) (gāocéng jiànzhù) (座, zuò)
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