| 单词 | downstairs |
| 释义 | downstairs (daʊnsteəʳz ) 1. adverb [ADVERB after verb] A2 If you go downstairs in a building, you go down a staircase towards the ground floor. Denise went downstairs and made some tea. 2. adverb [be ADVERB, noun ADVERB] A2 If something or someone is downstairs in a building, they are on the ground floor or on a lower floor than you. The telephone was downstairs in the entrance hall. Everybody was downstairs watching a movie. ...the woman who lives in the flat downstairs. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B1 Downstairs means situated on the ground floor of a building or on a lower floor than you are. She repainted the downstairs rooms and closed off the second floor. 4. singular noun B2 The downstairs of a building is its lower floor or floors. The downstairs of the two little houses had been entirely refashioned. Collocations: head downstairs They said they wanted to head downstairs and talk to the media. Times, Sunday Times I'll then head downstairs and make scrambled eggs. Times, Sunday Times I'll stay in my pyjamas, slip on my kimono and head downstairs to make a cup of earl grey. Times, Sunday Times Then, when night falls, head downstairs for live gigs and dancing. Times, Sunday Times Afterwords, they head downstairs to eat dinner. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She ran downstairs as the raiders flung open drawers and sent furniture flying. The Sun (2008) We ran downstairs and found the laundry room. Christianity Today (2000) She would hurry as soon as she was out of sight and run downstairs and perhaps send up one of the attendants. MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE We rush downstairs to find him in the kitchen in a state of excitement. The Sun Rush downstairs to inspect casualties. Times, Sunday Times I rush downstairs and eat two oatcakes in nanoseconds. Times, Sunday Times I rushed downstairs and peered through the window. Christianity Today The terrified couple rush downstairs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She rarely left her home, used a walking frame and had to sleep downstairs. The Sun The poet informs us that one must also sleep downstairs and that one's head should be upstream. Times, Sunday Times He sleeps downstairs, in the room that used to be his study. Times, Sunday Times By this stage he was sleeping downstairs on the sofa, bag packed ready for the ambulance. Times, Sunday Times Now he sleeps downstairs and we hardly communicate. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 楼下的, 在楼下, 往楼下 Japanese: 階下の, 階下へ, 1階へ |
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