樓房：只有幾層，往上不高
手指往上摸的是一棟樓，摸幾層就到頂了。
adjective · B2
A low-rise building has only a few floors, so it does not stand up high above the ones around it.
低樓層的
核心畫面
Think of running your finger up the side of something and asking where it stops. That stopping point is the rise. On a building it stops after a few floors; on a pair of trousers it stops at the hips. Low-rise is the answer 'not very far up'.
可以想成你用手指沿著一樣東西的側邊往上摸，然後問：停在哪裡？那個停下來的位置，就是 rise。摸一棟樓，它幾層就停了…更多收起
可以想成你用手指沿著一樣東西的側邊往上摸，然後問：停在哪裡？那個停下來的位置，就是 rise。摸一棟樓，它幾層就停了；摸一條褲子，它停在胯骨上。low-rise 給的答案都一樣：沒有往上到很高的地方。要注意，這是幫你記的一個畫面，不是說兩個用法有同一個來源——字典其實把它們分成兩條來歷記載。From the word’s history
The source records the building use as a retronym: the word was made later, as an opposite to high-rise. The clothing use is listed under a separate etymology, described as referring to the low waistline.
字典把建築的用法記成一個「回頭造的詞」：先有了 high-rise（高樓）這個說法，才反過來替原本那些不高的樓取名。服裝的用法則另外列在一條來歷底下，說明它指的是較低的腰線。所以這兩個意思在字典裡是分開記的，上面那個「往上到哪裡」的畫面只是幫你一起記住，不是在說它們同源。
Wiktionary via packet: kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1193208377 — '(architecture): A retronym created as an antonym to high-rise'; kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1193210243 — 'Referring to the low waistline.'
Two branches
褲子：腰頭停在胯骨上
同樣是問「往上到哪裡」，只是這次摸的是一條褲子。這是幫忙記憶的連結，不是歷史上的同源。
adjective · B2
Low-rise trousers, jeans or skirts do not come up to your waist; the top of them sits on your hips.
低腰的