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upstairs

/uhp-stairz/US // ˈʌpˈstɛərz //UK // (ˈʌpˈstɛəz) //

楼上,楼上的,楼上的人,在楼上

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adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : up the stairs; to or on an upper floor.
    • : Informal. in the mind: to be a little weak upstairs.
    • : to or at a higher level of authority: You may have to take the matter upstairs.
    • : Military Slang. at or to a higher level in the air.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Also upstair . of, relating to, or situated on an upper floor: an upstairs window; an upstairs apartment.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural up·stairs.

    • : an upper story or stories; the part of a building or house that is above the ground floor: The upstairs of this house is entirely rented.
    • : a higher command or level of authority: We can't take action till we have approval from upstairs.

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Examples

  • On the night Al Capone died, she remembers her mother leading her upstairs to his room and her father lifting her onto the bed.

  • My main focus is to balance and step IN BETWEEN lines, never on one … Of course going downstairs you step in between every line but upstairs you skip every other bar.

  • This allowed for two bedrooms upstairs and a bathroom where only short people could stand up to take care of business.

  • A cordless vacuum cleaner lets you clean around furniture and move upstairs without tripping over a cord.

  • I found the mode especially useful at times when I suspected my wife was about to call me upstairs to hold the baby.

  • Upstairs, in the living room, splintered logs of hemlock cackled and spat from inside the wood stove.

  • A man who lived upstairs opened his door and witnessed the attack.

  • He was taken back to the cell upstairs, where his time in detention would span 20 days.

  • He was told to address the management upstairs with that question.

  • I went upstairs and stared out the window for a little while.

  • The governor went upstairs and found Juan de Messa in the hall.

  • The Professor put down his cards without a word, and left the room, going straight upstairs.

  • When he was gone, Isaacson returned to his sitting-room upstairs and lit a nargeeleh pipe.

  • Having reduced Punch to a second agony of tears Harry departed upstairs with the news that Punch was still rebellious.

  • "Give us a table upstairs alone," said Nigel to the head-steward, putting something into his hand.

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