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upstairs

英 [ʌp'steəz] 美[,ʌp'stɛrz]

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复数: upstairs;

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]

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。