tower block

noun

1. 高层建筑；公寓大楼；办公大楼
   a very tall block of flats/apartments or offices

1. N-COUNT (作公寓或办公用的)高层建筑，摩天大楼
   A tower block is a tall building divided into flats or offices.
   1. ...a 23-storey tower block.
      23 层高的大厦

in AM, use 美国英语用 high-rise building, high-rise

1. Two firemen were hurt in a blaze which swept through a tower block last night.
   昨晚，一场大火吞噬了一座高层建筑，两位消防员被烧伤。
2. They took over a condemned 1960s tower block last year for one night.
   去年，他们曾控制过一幢20世纪60年代的破旧塔楼一个晚上。
3. Each of the four storeys goes back nearly40ft with a room on each floor of the apartment, crammed into an alley between an old tenement block and a tower block in Warsaw, Poland.
   楼层纵深40英尺，四层楼每层有一个房间。该建筑被安插在位于波兰华沙的两幢建筑之间。
4. A highrise tower block is no place to bring up young children.
   高层大厦不是抚养小孩的合适场所。
5. The tower contains a fluid, typically water, which boils and the resulting steam is then transferred to a nearby "power block", where it spins a conventional turbine.
   该塔装有一种液体，通常是水。当水沸腾时，蒸汽就将被运送到一旁的“机械绞车”。在那里，蒸汽带动一个老式的涡轮机。
6. "Can I explain why I wanted to jump off the top of a tower block?"
   “我能解释一下为何我想从塔楼顶端往下跳吗？”
7. Rising high through the polluted air of Guangzhou City in southern China is a71-storey tower block which, according to its designers, will be the most energy-efficient in the world.
   在广州这片污染的空气中一座高71层的塔楼正在拔地而起，根据设计师所说，这将是世界上最节约能源的建筑。
8. One small neighbourhood in the city has gradually come to be dominated by African migrants and many now operate businesses in a 27-storey tower block called the Tianxiu mansions, where the hotel is located.
   广州城中一个居民小区已经逐渐被来自非洲的外来人员占据，其中许多人现在在高27层的天秀大厦中做生意，天秀宾馆就位于该大厦中。
9. Foundation Design for Tall Buildings on Hard Rock Bed& A Design Example of the Foundation for the Tower Block of Chongqing Yangtze River Hotel
   坚质岩石地区高层建筑基础设计&重庆扬子江饭店主楼基础设计
10. A Research of Tower Block Impact on Atmospheric Dispersion
    塔式建筑对大气扩散影响研究
11. The three-dimensional model of the main tower was established with block element and membrane element to analyze its distortion.
    建立了蓉湖大桥主塔的空间分析模型，采用块元和膜元对蓉湖大桥主塔进行空间模拟分析。
12. Management Toward an Excellent Structure in a Full Cast-in-situ Tower Block
    全现浇塔式住宅楼结构创优的管理
13. The second, it studies the traffic planning of the drum tower Historic Block in Xi'an.
    其次，以西安鼓楼历史街区为例，进行交通规划研究。
14. Some massive volume concrete such as piers, caps, main tower, the main beam Zero block, base and anchorage is crack generally. These phenomena have huge damage to the usefulness and durability of bridge.
    一些大体积混凝土，如桥梁桥墩、承台、主塔、主梁零号块、基础和锚碇等均普遍开裂，对结构的使用及耐久性造成巨大危害。

noun

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

   Synonym:    high-rise