| 单词 | two-pair-of-stairs |
| 释义 | > as lemmastwo-pair-of-stairs two-pair adj. (in full two-pair-of-stairs), situated above two ‘pairs’ or flights of stairs, i.e. on the second floor; also elliptical as n. (scil. room). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > [adjective] > floor or storey understairs1616 downstairs1702 two-pair1749 below stairs1772 three-pair1788 one-pair1795 upstairs1839 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xiv. iv. 140 Nightingale should procure him either the Ground Floor, or the two Pair of Stairs. View more context for this quotation 1755 J. Kidgell Card II. 179 The very two-pair-of-stairs Apartment. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 3 I rents a two-pair back, gentlemen. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Shabby Genteel Story vii There was a light in the garret, and another in the two-pair front. 1841 W. M. Thackeray Great Hoggarty Diamond ii We occupied a very genteel two-pair. < as lemmas |
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