stairs

/steəz/ n.
标准词条 CET-4
一句话记住

楼梯;阶梯

释义与例句

n. 楼梯;阶梯
a set of steps inside or outside a building that allows people to go from one level to another
  1. She carried the sleeping child up the stairs.
    她抱着熟睡的孩子上楼。
  2. The lift is beside the stairs on the ground floor.
    电梯在一楼楼梯旁。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. He waited at the bottom of the stairs for his sister.
    他在楼梯口等妹妹。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 stairs 指整段楼梯,常用复数;单数 stair 通常是一级台阶。上楼用 go up the stairs,下楼用 go down the stairs。

词族与关联词

词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
  • stair 一级楼梯;(stairs)楼梯
    单数 stair 通常指一级台阶;指整段楼梯时通常用复数 stairs。
  • upstairs 楼上;在楼上
    可指建筑物的上一层,也可指在楼上或向楼上;downstairs 指楼下。
易混词(形近或义近,注意区别)
  • steps 台阶;脚步;步骤
    stairs 通常指连接楼层的一整段楼梯,常用复数;steps 既可指室外台阶,也可指单级阶梯、脚步或做事步骤。a flight of stairs 强调一段楼梯,a set of steps 可泛指一组台阶。
    Two stone steps lead from the garden to the front door. 两级石阶从花园通向前门。
常见搭配
  • go up the stairs 上楼
    He went up the stairs to wake his brother. 他上楼去叫醒弟弟。
  • go down the stairs 下楼
    She went down the stairs carefully in the dark. 她在黑暗中小心地下楼。
  • the bottom of the stairs 楼梯底部;楼梯口
    Leave your shoes at the bottom of the stairs. 把鞋放在楼梯口。