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downstairs

/adverb, noun doun-stairz; adjective doun-stairz/US // adverb, noun ˈdaʊnˈstɛərz; adjective ˈdaʊnˌstɛərz //UK // (ˈdaʊnˈstɛəz) //

楼下,楼下的,在楼下,下楼

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : down the stairs.
    • : to or on a lower floor.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Also downstair . pertaining to or situated on a lower floor, especially the ground floor.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the lower floor or floors of a building: The downstairs is being painted.
    • : the stairway designated for use by people descending: Don't try to go up the downstairs.

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Examples

  • I went downstairs to get something and I heard one of the security team say to another, “Dude, I think they ought to lock these doors.”

  • He favors complete focus on Bills games, and so Johnson retreated to the third-floor attic, alone, while his wife and kids watched downstairs.

  • He’d sneak downstairs to make one for himself, but I’d always find him.

  • We dress early for our reservation to allow a little time downstairs for a game of pool.

  • Whenever people lingered downstairs or smoked out on the patio, staff ushered them back to their rooms.

  • Before long, however, he began to feel out of place and went back downstairs for a while to chat up the cook.

  • Victoria was, for example, not allowed to walk downstairs without Conroy holding her hand.

  • I immediately went downstairs and told Dad about the dream whilst he was having his breakfast.

  • He lived in the Pseudo office, where his downstairs neighbors included Jeff Koons.

  • My coworkers used to run downstairs to stand on 53rd Street and watch celebrities arrive.

  • The night wore on, and the clock downstairs was striking the hour of two when she suddenly awakened.

  • He could lie in bed and string himself tales of travel and adventure while Harry was downstairs.

  • Shrieking inarticulate anathema, he rushed downstairs, the man in the green baize apron following at his heels.

  • The detective went downstairs and talked with Mrs. McCarthy a few minutes, and then took his leave.

  • She was so bewildered as to be more alive to the present distress of his condition than to the vague horrors downstairs.

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