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stairway

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: House, Buildings
stair·way /ˈsteəweɪ $ ˈster-/ noun [countable]  DHHTBBa staircase, especially a large or impressive one 〔尤指大的或有气派的〕楼梯
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stairwayChaos ensues, with a plague of bodies littering the rooms and stairways.Carson waded across the newspaper on the undrained floor and climbed the concrete stairway into the night.Architects devised the enormous curving stairway, the wide, panelled passageways, the delicately arched and pillared windows.A narrow stairway of stone curled around a pillar near the door and disappeared through the beams of the roof.He and Kemp pound down the stairway, exchanging words.At four my sister, Sheila, tossed a lamp at my head from the stairway.But it was also a big step on the stairway to the stars.Miss Tish had smiled back at her as they climbed the winding stairway.
stair·way nounChineseSyllable
impressive or one a large Corpus staircase, a especially


stairway
stairway /ˈsteəweɪ $ ˈster-/ noun [countable]
a staircase, especially a large or impressive one


stair·wayBrE /ˈsteəweɪ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsterweɪ/ 🔊 nouna set of stairs inside or outside a building (建筑物内或外的)楼梯,阶梯