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stairs

US // (stɛəz) //

阶梯,楼梯,梯级,台阶

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Definitions

  1. 1
    • : a flight of steps leading from one storey or level to another, esp indoors
    • : below stairs British in the servants' quarters; in domestic service

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • At 10 past 5, a middle-aged white man climbed the stairs out of the City Hall subway.

  • And thus I end up at the bottom of the stairs, about one month after my injury and two months after my wedding.

  • Until then, we will hike the stairs together, one carpeted step at a time.

  • Often Mick would perch on those back stairs, perusing art books as he waited for her.

  • The party sequence in Notorious begins with a wide shot from high above the top of the stairs, all glittering expanse below.

  • He came to the top of the stairs with a lamp in his hand, and wanted to know what the rumpus was about.

  • Immediately Messa went up the stairs, and safely reached a large room where two candles were burning on a buffet.

  • Juan de Messa lost his head, and ran down stairs, thinking that his safety lay there.

  • She heard through the half-open door Mr. Orgreave's slippers on the tiles of the passage leading to the stairs.

  • And, Pedro preceding them, the young men gaily descended the stairs.