upstairs
英 [?p'ste?z]
美 [,?p'st?rz]
- adv. 在樓上，向樓上；上樓；往樓上
- adj. 樓上的
- n. 樓上
英文詞源
- 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]
雙語例句
- 1. You don't have to go running upstairs every time she rings.
- 用不著她一來電話你就往樓上跑。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. They actually moved down from upstairs because the rent's that expensive.
- 他們確實從樓上搬到了樓下，因為房租太貴了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The restaurant is upstairs and consists of a large, open room.
- 飯店在樓上，有一個寬敞的開間。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. She climbed the steps and proceeded along the upstairs hallway.
- 她爬上樓梯，順著樓上的走廊走去。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. When the great man arrived, the club's manager personally escorted him upstairs.
- 那位要人到達時，俱樂部經理親自陪他上樓。
來自柯林斯例句