| 单词 | winding stairs |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswinding stairs a. Of a staircase: Spiral. Chiefly in winding stairs (sometimes hyphenated). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > stairs > [adjective] > types of staircase winding1530 half-paced1603 dogleg1671 newelled1677 flighted1929 low-rise1951 open-tread1960 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 158 Vne vis, a wyndingstayre. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong at Noyau A paire of winding staires. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxxv. 141 A round Tribunal, whereunto one ascended by fifteen winding stairs. 1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ix. 153 These Winding steps are made about a solid Newel. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1654 (1955) III. 114 A paire of artificial winding-stayres of stone. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 22 You may go up to the top by a winding staircase that is within it. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 191 Having finished the first flight of steps, fix the top of the first bearer for the winding-tread. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. liii. 96 She left the chapel..and coming to a low door, which plainly led into the tower, opened it, and climbed the winding stair. < as lemmas |
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