单词 | backstairs |
释义 | backstairs (once / 25807 pages) 1n 2adj WORD FAMILY backstairs USAGE EXAMPLESHe received another Emmy nomination for his portrayal of President Woodrow Wilson in “Backstairs at the White House” in 1979. Washington Post(Nov 11, 2016) He also earned a supporting actor Emmy nomination playing President Woodrow Wilson in the 1979 mini-series “Backstairs at the White House.” Los Angeles Times(Nov 11, 2016) He was known for avoiding the elevator in favor of walking up the backstairs. The New Yorker(Dec 04, 2014) 1 n a second staircase at the rear of a building 2Hyper staircase, stairway a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps adj secret and sly or sordid backstairs gossip "his low backstairs cunning"- A.L.Guerard backstairs intimacies Syn backstair, furtive covert secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed |
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