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high rise

/hahy-rahyz/US // ˈhaɪˌraɪz //

高层建筑,高层,高楼,高楼大厦

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having a comparatively large number of stories and equipped with elevators: a high-rise apartment house.
    • : of, relating to, or characteristic of high-rise buildings.
    • : of or being a small-wheeled bicycle with high handlebars and a banana-shaped seat.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also high rise, high-riser. a high-rise apartment or office building.

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Examples

  • Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.

  • Nor does the jet have the ability to capture high-definition video, utilize an infra-red pointer.

  • Obsessive exercising and inadequate nutrition can, over time, put people at high risk for overuse injuries like stress fractures.

  • The most recent activity had a high point of 3.6 on the Richter Scale.

  • Being something of a political cipher may have helped Revels rise to prominence.

  • Honour the physician for the need thou hast of him: for the most High hath created him.

  • The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.

  • The Majesty on high has a colony and a people on earth, which otherwise is under the supremacy of the Evil One.

  • In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).

  • As Spain, however, has fallen from the high place she once held, her colonial system has also gone down.