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low-rise

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Building
ˈlow-rise adjective [only before noun]  1. TBBUILDa low-rise building does not have many storeys 〔建筑物〕层数少的 high-risen2. low-rise trousers have a low top and do not come up to your waist
Examples from the Corpus
low-riseThere are many advantages to low-rise buildings.All the housing development took the form of low-rise, garden city-style estates.Traditional building materials tend to imply low-rise housing, and urban planners have an ambivalent attitude to low-rise.traditional, low-rise housingThis is probably due to the large preponderance of low-rise multi-storey council housing.But it is not an unpleasant place, low-rise, with most rooms in verandah-ed cottages overlooking garden courtyards.
From Longman Business Dictionarylow-riseˈlow-rise adjective [only before a noun]PROPERTY a low-rise building does not have many floorsThere is a common belief that low-rise housing will increase the urban sprawl. compare high-rise
ˈlow-rise adjectiveLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
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low-rise
ˈlow-rise adjective [only before noun]
a low-rise building does not have many storeyshigh-rise


low-riseBrE /ˈləʊ raɪz/ 🔊NAmE /ˈloʊ raɪz/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] (of a building 建筑物) low, with only a few floors 楼层少的;低层的low-rise housing低层住宅   compare high-rise (of a pair of jeans, etc. 牛仔裤等) cut so that the top is much lower than waist-level 低腰剪裁的
low-riseBrE /ˈləʊ raɪz/ 🔊NAmE /ˈloʊ raɪz/ 🔊 nouna low building with only a few floors 低层建筑