downstairs
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++down·stairs1 /ˌdaʊnˈsteəz◂ $ -ˈsterz/ ●●● S2 adverb DHHtowards or on a lower floor of a building, especially a house 往楼下；在楼下 OPP upstairs Rosie ran downstairs to answer the door. 罗茜跑下楼去开门。 Charles was downstairs in the kitchen. 查尔斯在楼下厨房里。 —downstairs adjective a downstairs bathroom 楼下的浴室
Examples from the Corpus
downstairs• The washing machine is downstairs.• He doesn't want to call Paul up from downstairs.• Her head throbbed in rhythm with her bruises, yet she'd hardly noticed any of it downstairs.• Lois shook her head and whispered for Petey to go back downstairs.• The long silences were often broken by the roar of bus engines and rumble of bus announcements downstairs.• He ran downstairs and saw the storeroom was on fire.• Some one coming would ring downstairs, or, more likely, call first.• Then she goes back to sleep while I go downstairs to face the psycho killer who broke in.• He dressed and went downstairs with her.down·stairs2 noun the downstairs the rooms on the ground floor in a house 楼下〔底层的房间〕 We have still got to paint the downstairs. 我们还得把楼下粉刷一下。down·stairs1 adverbdown·stairs2 nounChineseSyllable
especially on of Corpus or building, towards lower floor a a
downstairs
down‧stairs1 S2 /ˌdaʊnˈsteəz◂ $ -ˈsterz/ 
adverb
towards or on a lower floor of a building, especially a house
OPP upstairs:
Rosie ran downstairs to answer the door.
Charles was downstairs in the kitchen.
—downstairs adjective:
a downstairs bathroom
down·stairs2 noun
the downstairs the rooms on the ground floor in a house:
We have still got to paint the downstairs.
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adverbtowards or on a lower floor of a building, especially a house
OPP upstairs:
—downstairs adjective:
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nounthe downstairs the rooms on the ground floor in a house: