upstairs是什么意思
- 英式英标[,ʌp\'stɛrz]
- 美式音标[ʌp\'steəz]
adv. 在楼上，向楼上；上楼；往楼上
adj. 楼上的
n. 楼上
英文词源
- upstairs (adv.)
- 1590s, from up (adv.) + stairs (see stair). As an adjective from 1782. The noun is first attested 1872. Adjectival meaning "characteristic of upstairs life" (in private rooms of a household, as opposed to servants' quarters) is recorded from 1942.
He [Halifax] had said he had known many kicked down stairs, but he never knew any kicked up stairs before. [Gilbert Burnet, supplement to "History of My own Time," from his original memoirs, c. 1697]
实用例句
- 1. You don't have to go running upstairs every time she rings.
- 用不着她一来电话你就往楼上跑。来自柯林斯例句
- 2. They actually moved down from upstairs because the rent's that expensive.
- 他们确实从楼上搬到了楼下，因为房租太贵了。来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The restaurant is upstairs and consists of a large, open room.
- 饭店在楼上，有一个宽敞的开间。来自柯林斯例句
- 4. She climbed the steps and proceeded along the upstairs hallway.
- 她爬上楼梯，顺着楼上的走廊走去。来自柯林斯例句
- 5. When the great man arrived, the club's manager personally escorted him upstairs.
- 那位要人到达时，俱乐部经理亲自陪他上楼。来自柯林斯例句
