upstairs
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++up·stairs1 /ˌʌpˈsteəz◂ $ -ˈsterz◂/ ●●● S2 adverb UPtowards or on an upper floor in a building 往楼上；在楼上 OPP downstairs I went upstairs and had a shower. 我上楼冲了个澡。 She’s upstairs in bed feeling ill. 她身体不舒服，在楼上躺着。 —upstairs adjective [only before noun] an upstairs window 楼上的窗户 the upstairs rooms 楼上的房间 → kick somebody upstairs at kick1(16)
Examples from the Corpus
upstairs• The children had been taken upstairs.• I picked up the phone when Nyrene was upstairs.• Lucy came rushing upstairs after her sister.• Other members of their families were upstairs dancing, and afterwards they all walked home in a group.• Relaxing upstairs in a warm bath, he suddenly realized he was not unwinding in just any old bathroom.• Or you can stay upstairs in your apartment and the same thing will be true.• I ran into the house and upstairs into Mrs Goreng's dressing-room, which commanded the best view.• Don't you think the woman upstairs is kind of strange?• Don't go upstairs - Mom's still getting dressed.• My office is upstairs on the right.• The bathroom is upstairs on your left.• I went upstairs, undressed, and got into bed.• Flora watched Mrs Brown staggering upstairs with a heavy tray.upstairs2 noun the upstairs UPone or all of the upper floors in a building 楼上 OPP the downstairs Would you like to see the upstairs? 你要不要看看楼上？Examples from the Corpus
upstairs• The old man upstairs decided that you and I would share this cell.up·stairs1 adverbupstairs2 nounChineseSyllable
an or a upper towards on in Corpus floor
Upstairs
ˌUpstairs, ˈDownstairs
a British television programme of the 1970s, about a rich family and their servants who live in London in the early 1900s. It shows the two different worlds of the upper-class people who live ‘upstairs’ in the main part of the house, and of their servants who live and work in the lower part of the house. People in the UK sometimes use this phrase when comparing the different lives of rich and poor people:
Some economists foresee a return to the Upstairs, Downstairs society of Victorian times.
ˌUpstairs, ˈDownstairs
a British television programme of the 1970s, about a rich family and their servants who live in London in the early 1900s. It shows the two different worlds of the upper-class people who live ‘upstairs’ in the main part of the house, and of their servants who live and work in the lower part of the house. People in the UK sometimes use this phrase when comparing the different lives of rich and poor people:
upstairs
up‧stairs1 S2 /ˌʌpˈsteəz◂ $ -ˈsterz◂/ adverb
towards or on an upper floor in a building
OPP downstairs:
I went upstairs and had a shower.
She’s upstairs in bed feeling ill.
—upstairs adjective [only before noun]:
an upstairs window
the upstairs rooms
⇨ kick somebody upstairs at kick1(16)
upstairs2 noun
the upstairs one or all of the upper floors in a building
OPP the downstairs:
Would you like to see the upstairs?
| I |
adverbtowards or on an upper floor in a building
OPP downstairs:
—upstairs adjective [only before noun]:
⇨ kick somebody upstairs at kick1(16)
| II |
nounthe upstairs one or all of the upper floors in a building
OPP the downstairs:
