单词 | staircase |
释义 | staircasestair‧case /ˈsteəkeɪs $ ˈster-/ ●●○ noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS word sets
WORD SETS► Buildings Collocationsadjoin, verbalcove, nounantechamber, nounanteroom, nounapartment block, nounapse, nounarcade, nounart gallery, nounatrium, nounattic, nounauditorium, nounawning, nounback door, nounback-to-back, nounbailey, nounbalcony, nounbalustrade, nounbanister, nounbarn, nounbasilica, nounbastion, nounbay window, nounblock, nounbrownstone, nounbungalow, nounbunkhouse, nounbyre, nouncabin, nouncampanile, nouncanteen, nouncarport, nouncasement, nouncastle, nounceiling, nouncellar, nouncentre, nounchalet, nounchamber, nounchancel, nounchanging room, nounchateau, nounchimney, nounchimney breast, nounchimney pot, nounchimney stack, nouncladding, nounclerk of works, nouncloakroom, nouncloister, nounclubhouse, nouncoatroom, nouncocktail lounge, nouncolonnade, nouncolumn, nouncommon room, nouncomplex, nouncompound, nounconcourse, nouncondominium, nounconservatory, nounconvent, nouncoping, nouncornerstone, nouncorn exchange, nouncorridor, nouncottage, nouncountry house, nouncountry seat, nouncourthouse, nouncowshed, noundado, noundance hall, noundetached, adjectivedoor, noundoorpost, noundormer, nounedifice, nounentry, nounentryway, nounestate, nounestate agent, nounextension, nouneyrie, nounfacade, nounfallout shelter, nounfamily room, nounfarmhouse, nounfire door, nounfire escape, nounfire station, nounfitment, nounfixture, nounflatlet, nounflight, nounfloor, nounfolly, nounforecourt, nounfort, nounfortress, nounfoyer, nounfrontage, nounfront room, nounfuneral home, noungable, noungabled, adjectivegargoyle, noungrandstand, noungrange, noungranny flat, noungrille, nounground floor, nounguardhouse, nounguesthouse, nounguildhall, noungutter, nounguttering, noungym, noungymnasium, nounhabitation, nounhall, nounhallway, nounhatch, nounhatchway, nounhayloft, nounhealth centre, nounhigh-rise, adjectivehospice, nounhospital, nounlaboratory, nounlanding, nounleaded lights, nounlean-to, nounledge, nounlightning conductor, nounlintel, nounlobby, nounlodge, nounloft, nounlog cabin, nounlounge, nounlouvre, nounmaisonette, nounmezzanine, nounmilking parlour, nounmoving staircase, nounmullion, nounnave, nounniche, nounoast house, nounobelisk, nounoffice building, nounoratory, nounoutbuilding, nounouthouse, nounoverhang, nounparapet, nounparty wall, nounpediment, nounpenthouse, nounperistyle, nounpicture window, nounpilaster, nounpillar, nounpinnacle, nounplatform, nounplumber, nounplumbing, nounpodium, nounpoint, verbPortakabin, nounpotting shed, nounpresbytery, nounpress gallery, nounprivy, nounpublic convenience, nounpyramid, nounrafter, nounrail, nounrampart, nounribbon development, nounrotunda, nounsanctuary, nounschoolhouse, nounscience park, nounsepulchre, nounservice charge, nounshack, nounshed, nounshop front, nounskylight, nounskyscraper, nounsliding door, nounsmokestack, nounsmoking room, nounspiral staircase, nounspire, nounsports centre, nounstack, nounstadium, nounstair, nounstaircase, nounstairway, nounstairwell, nounstall, nounstately home, nounstateroom, nounstation, nounsteeple, nounstep, nounstonework, nounstoop, nounstoreroom, nounstorm cellar, nounstory, nounstudio, nountenement, nountepee, nounterrace, nountheatre, nountoilet, nountool shed, nountower block, nountown hall, nountownhouse, nountransept, nountransom, nountrapdoor, nountreasury, nounturret, nounvault, nounvaulted, adjectivevaulting, nounventilator, nounvestibule, nounvilla, nounwalkway, nounwall, nounwatchtower, nounwater tower, nounweatherboard, nounwedding chapel, nounwing, nounwoodshed, nounworkhouse, nounworkroom, nounworkshop, noun COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► back a set of stairs inside a building with its supports and the side parts that you hold on to· She herself would use the back staircase as the entrance to her flat, approaching it from the courtyard.· She went downstairs to make coffee, using a back staircase to the kitchen.· Kali and Jit moved out of the way of the back staircase and the sheep flooded down past them.· She now hurried round the corner and into the yard and there she knocked on the back staircase door.· Higher than from the back staircase like Cardiff said.· They'd there's a little back staircase that goes down to the kitchens - sorry, lad, galley!· Picking up his suitcase he headed towards the back staircase.· The back staircase collapsed a few weeks later. ► curving· I have never seen anything like that hall, with its lovely curving staircase.· Karl von Bruhel, waiting impatiently at the foot of the curving marble staircase to greet his guests, glanced angrily upwards.· They climbed the curving staircase to the first floor and rang a bell. ► grand· There was a grand marble staircase, spiralling up to the eaves and the upper areas of the casino.· His hostess was beginning to wilt as she greeted the guests who, by now, were queuing half-way up the grand staircase.· They walked up a grand staircase, first the minder, then Sylvie, then Alexei.· If only I had a crinoline to sweep down the grand staircase in!· At seven-thirty Paige descended the grand sweeping staircase to the hall.· Inside, a grand and generous staircase rose from a pale stone flagged hall patterned with black stone diamonds.· A grand staircase went to nowhere. ► great· Down the great wide wooden staircase and into the hall: I am sharp, she thought.· You see her coming down a great staircase in your house, dressed in a velvet negligee.· The study doors are those that face one as one comes down the great staircase.· A great staircase is then lowered from the back of the stage.· She went through the hall to the ante-room below the great upward-plunging staircase.· The great wide wooden staircase into the empty hall with its patterned marble floor.· These provided a view of the great central staircase. ► main· There was the main staircase she had climbed with Clive a while - how long? - ago.· As I came down the main staircase in Hovde House, they emerged into the hall below.· Features clearly cast in Harvey's foundry include the iron balustrade over the porch and the balusters of the main staircase.· A massive walk-in metal safe was built into a space near the main staircase.· On the small landing at the top of the main staircase he stopped to examine his reflection in the mirror.· The main staircase must be near, somewhere in the centre of the house.· They were standing on the main staircase, two flights up from the party room.· Constance never forgot standing in front of one on the main staircase. ► narrow· But then they began to climb up a narrow, spiral staircase, and she saw no more.· Thick smoke billowed up a narrow staircase and smothered the sleeping youngsters in their second-floor bedroom.· A china light-switch, finger-flicked, showed her a narrow wooden staircase.· I descend the narrow, creaky staircase and notice another public-service-law-oriented program on the lower floors.· I climbed a narrow staircase leading to the first floor balcony.· To find out what, one of us would have to slink down that narrow iron spiral staircase in the dark.· To get a better view, I climbed the narrow staircase leading to the balcony at the top of the east wall.· A narrow spiral staircase leads up from chamber 2b to 2c; characters must ascend in single file. ► spiral· The seating areas are constructed on two levels linked by a spiral staircase.· He charged his customers a flat dollar for a trip down his spiral staircase to the foot of the cataract.· I run down the spiral staircase and along the empty corridor.· To find out what, one of us would have to slink down that narrow iron spiral staircase in the dark.· Inside the doorway, a spiral stone staircase climbed, within the thickness of the massive walls.· After the appropriate phone call, I am ask d to walk down an oak spiral staircase one floor.· The Nanny Ogg expeditionary force corkscrewed up the spiral staircase. ► wide· Down the great wide wooden staircase and into the hall: I am sharp, she thought.· It led to a five-foot-wide walnut staircase that swept up in a sumptuous curve to the floor above.· He knew the feel of every cold stone step on the wide staircase leading down to the main hall.· She glanced up the wide staircase.· Flanked by the two men, they walked down a wide marble staircase, and out into the brilliant sunshine.· I had to go up this wide, curving staircase and along about three miles of landing to get to my room.· Once inside, Wasswa, the Minister, beckoned me impatiently from the top of a wide staircase.· Her frozen limbs were dragged up an impressively wide staircase and then along a hallway. ► wooden· They clambered up the rickety wooden outside staircase to Louis's workshop in what had been the grooms' quarters.· The space age escalator and exposed metal piping of the foyer segued into a spiraling wooden staircase and crinkly old master prints.· Down the great wide wooden staircase and into the hall: I am sharp, she thought.· Baptiste was standing on the bottom step of the wooden staircase, affecting surprise at the sight of her.· Standing on top of the wooden staircase she hurled herself to the ground, landing in a heap at the bottom.· A china light-switch, finger-flicked, showed her a narrow wooden staircase.· Ranulf scooped his dice into his leather wallet and they went down the spiral wooden staircase and into the hall.· Chewing on her lower lip, she trundled after him along a flagged passageway and up an ornate wooden staircase. NOUN► marble· There was a grand marble staircase, spiralling up to the eaves and the upper areas of the casino.· I am far up above a marble staircase past a balcony in a large room with long tables.· A marble staircase leads to wide corridors of bedrooms, which are comfortably furnished and equipped with modern bathrooms.· Flanked by the two men, they walked down a wide marble staircase, and out into the brilliant sunshine.· Karl von Bruhel, waiting impatiently at the foot of the curving marble staircase to greet his guests, glanced angrily upwards.· Ahead was a short marble staircase, leading to what appeared to be a lecture-room on the next floor. ► stone· Open stone staircases swept up to bedrooms that bristled with floor-to-ceiling windows.· I climbed the stone staircase, lit by the dimmest of light bulbs.· She led her up a stone staircase into a small room where Brownies were sitting on wooden toadstools.· She walked down a stone staircase to a basement where you could hang your coat.· I felt around for a switch and threw it down to reveal a stone staircase with iron handrail.· They had walked up the worn stone staircase, arm in arm, with their beautiful girl child dancing around them.· Dressing-room doors opened, voices questioned, feet clattered on the stone staircases.· Inside the doorway, a spiral stone staircase climbed, within the thickness of the massive walls. VERB► climb· When he had finished his tea, he slowly climbed the staircase.· I get confused and climb the wrong staircase.· Finally, they doused the few lights and climbed the hall staircase.· Find out where you lived and climb your staircase, touch the walls you touched, imagine you?· I climbed a narrow staircase leading to the first floor balcony.· The prince walked past all the sleeping nobility and climbed the staircase to the room where Sleeping Beauty slept.· Wall sconces providing a dim light, they climbed the staircase in silence.· Then his feet turned, and shuffled a few steps, and began climbing the long staircase home. ► descend· Ruth's legs were soon aching with climbing steps, only to turn and descend another staircase in the opposite direction.· Falling asleep is like descending a staircase, with each stage of sleep becoming deeper than the previous one.· She dried herself, wrapped the soft, fragrant robe around her slim body and cautiously descended the staircase.· At seven-thirty Paige descended the grand sweeping staircase to the hall.· He attempted to descend a steep staircase which had no handrail, whilst holding a small child by the hand. ► lead· He knew the feel of every cold stone step on the wide staircase leading down to the main hall.· There had once been an outside staircase leading up to the flat roof but that, too, had collapsed.· I climbed a narrow staircase leading to the first floor balcony.· The physics classroom had a spiral iron staircase leading from it to some region inhabited only by science masters.· Inside, they quietly ascended the huge curved staircase which led to their bedrooms on the upper floor.· To get a better view, I climbed the narrow staircase leading to the balcony at the top of the east wall.· A narrow spiral staircase leads up from chamber 2b to 2c; characters must ascend in single file.· He winced in pain as he climbed down the staircase leading on to the tarmac, where an airline bus awaited him. ► use· She herself would use the back staircase as the entrance to her flat, approaching it from the courtyard.· She went downstairs to make coffee, using a back staircase to the kitchen.· I use the left-hand staircase to climb up to the flat. ► walk· He walked down the staircase, his shoulders bowed as if by a great weight, and Kate saw him pull himself erect.· She walked down a stone staircase to a basement where you could hang your coat.· Her inspection of the bedroom finished, she walked down the staircase into the coolness of the stone-flagged hallway.· They walked up a grand staircase, first the minder, then Sylvie, then Alexei.· As I emerged, she walked silently towards the staircase, a curious lack of urgency in her manner. |
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