| 单词 | block of flats |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblock of flats a. A large single building, esp. one containing a number of flats or offices. Frequently (chiefly British) in block of flats. Later also: a building, section of a building, or other structure containing a number of rooms of a specified type.See also apartment block n., cellblock n., office block n., shower block n., tower block n., etc. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > types of building generally > [noun] > large building block1849 castle1886 1805 Boston Directory 4 Dock square, from Elm Street, Southward to Cornhill, and Eastward to the corner opposite the West end of Faneuil Hall, including the block of stores in the centre. 1848 T. S. Cutting Buffalo City Directory 6 The corner of Commercial street and the Terrace, where the fine block of stores called the Sidway Block now stands. 1856 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 19 147/1 It will perhaps be the largest block of offices which have been yet erected in Liverpool. 1901 Daily News 20 Apr. 4/5 The owner of a block of flats sued a tenant for a quarter's rent. 1933 Discovery Aug. 254/1 The designers of large blocks. 1969 Times 20 Oct. 9/5 Like the great bulk of Glasgow's nineteenth century housing Bernard Street consists of four-storey tenement blocks. 2019 B. Evaristo Girl Woman Other (2020) i. 8 She landed a one-bedroom housing association flat in a small fifties block in Bloomsbury. < as lemmas |
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