单词 | downstairs |
释义 | downstairs (once / 517 pages) adjadv Something that's downstairs is located below you, down at least one flight of stairs on a lower floor. Your downstairs bathroom is the one on the first floor of your house. If your baseball breaks a neighbor's downstairs window, it means you hit the ball low, and when your friend says you can stay in his downstairs bedroom, you'll be sleeping on the lowest floor of his house. Downstairs is also an adverb, so you can run downstairs or trip and fall downstairs. Occasionally people also use it as a noun: "The downstairs is a mess, but we painted all of the rooms upstairs." WORD FAMILYdownstairs USAGE EXAMPLESFour days later, after being allowed a fleeting meeting with Pan, he was blindfolded and escorted back downstairs into The Residence’s garage. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) After lunch, Mr. Trump invited the Indonesians to join him downstairs for a campaign news conference, they said. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) Koa Farmer raced downstairs and into the garage dressed only in his underwear. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1adj on or of lower floors of a building Syn|Ant downstair ground-floor on the floor closest to level with the ground upstair, upstairs on or of upper floors of a building 2adv on a floor below the tenants live downstairs Syn|Ant below, down the stairs, on a lower floor on a higher floor, up the stairs, upstairs on a floor above |
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