high-rise

/'hairaiz/

Thân thiện

A family looks out from their high-rise apartment window at the city below.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A tall building with many floors, typically containing offices or apartments. This type of building is characterized by its significant height and the use of elevators.

2. Adjective:

   • Describing a building that is tall and has many stories, and is equipped with elevators.

Usage

• Noun: Used to refer to the building structure itself.
• Adjective: Used before a noun to describe the type of building.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The city's skyline is dominated by sleek glass high-rises.
  • They live in a high-rise overlooking the park.
• Adjective:
  • The high-rise apartment building has twenty floors.
  • The area is undergoing development with new high-rise office towers.

Advanced Usage

• The term can imply a specific style of urban architecture and living. It is often contrasted with "low-rise" buildings.
  • The zoning laws restrict high-rise construction in the historic district.

Variants and Related Words

• High-rise building: A more explicit phrase with the same meaning.
  • The new high-rise building will include retail space on the ground floor.
• Tower block (British English): The British term equivalent to "high-rise."
  • He grew up in a tower block in London.

Synonyms

• Skyscraper (often for exceptionally tall high-rises, especially commercial buildings).
• Tower.
• Multistory building.

Antonyms

• Low-rise (adjective): Describing a building with only a few stories.
• Bungalow (noun): A low house, typically with a single story.

Học thuật

Noun

1. tower consisting of a multistoried building of offices or apartments
   • `tower block' is the British term for `high-rise'

Adjective

1. used of buildings of many stories equipped with elevators; tall
   • avenues lined with high-rise apartment buildings

Từ đồng nghĩa

• tower block