| 单词 | upstairs-downstairs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasupstairs-downstairs c. figurative. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of life ‘above stairs’ (i.e. in private rooms of a household, as opposed to the servants' quarters) (chiefly Historical); refined, genteel, privileged. Frequently in upstairs-downstairs adj., denoting the social contrast between employer and domestic servant. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [adjective] gentle?c1225 gentc1300 gentlemanlya1450 gentlemanlike1565 genteel1628 genty1660 gentee1664 gentlemany1728 niblike1834 nibsome1839 upstairs1942 1942 ‘M. Innes’ Daffodil Affair i. ii. 13 Almost might she be said, in upstairs language, to be receiving. 1971 TV Times 9 Oct. 6/2 A six-part series, Upstairs, Downstairs (or Secrets of an Edwardian Household), starting Sunday, lovingly, critically examines life at that time through one family.] 1974 D. Francis Knock Down i. 6 To one side of the sale ring, and built to a specification as Upstairs as the wooden circle was Downstairs, was a magnificent turn of the century stable yard. 1975 New Society 6 Nov. 305/2 Our system is too monolithic, based as it is on an upstairs-downstairs view of music. Upstairs people choose the classics on Radio Three... Downstairs, people listen to pop. 1978 G. Mitchell Mingled with Venom i. 4 She had been taken on as kitchen-maid... She was..a ready learner of upstairs speech and manners. 1980 E. Behr Getting Even i. 18 The lady in black with white lace cap and apron, a real upstairs-downstairs figure. < as lemmas |
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