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Downstairs Floor Ground Lower Building Down·Stairs House Noun

The word "downstairs" primarily functions as an adverb meaning towards or on a lower floor, and as an adjective describing something on a lower floor. It is also used as a noun to denote the lower floor(s) of a building.

The word "downstairs" is primarily used as an adverb to indicate movement towards or presence on a lower floor of a building. It can also be used as an adjective to describe something located on a lower floor, and as a noun referring to the lower floor(s) of a building.

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/da͟ʊnste͟ə(r)z/
1
[ADV 副词]往楼下;顺楼梯而下;至楼下 If you go downstairs in a building, you go down a staircase towards the ground floor.
  [ADV after v]
  • Denise went downstairs and made some tea.

    丹尼丝下楼泡了茶。

2
[ADV 副词]在楼下 If something or someone is downstairs in a building, they are on the ground floor or on a lower floor than you.
  [be ADV]
  • The telephone was downstairs in the entrance hall...

    电话在楼下的门厅里。

  • Everybody was downstairs watching a movie.

    大家都在楼下看电影。

  • ...the woman who lives in the flat downstairs.

    住在楼下公寓的女子

3
[ADJ 形容词]在楼下的;在一楼的 Downstairs means situated on the ground floor of a building or on a lower floor than you are.
  [ADJ n]
  • She repainted the downstairs rooms and closed off the second floor.

    她重新粉刷了楼下的房间,并把二楼封上了。

4
[N-SING 单数名词]楼下;底层 The downstairs of a building is its lower floor or floors.
  [the N]
  • The downstairs of the two little houses had been entirely refashioned.

    两栋小楼的底层已经彻底翻修过。


Oxford down·stairs / ˌdaʊnˈsteəz ; NAmE ˌdaʊnˈsterz /
adverb
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noun
adverb down the stairs; on or to a floor or a house or building lower than the one you are on, especially the one at ground level 顺楼梯而下;在楼下;往楼下 She rushed downstairs and burst into the kitchen. 她冲下楼闯进厨房。 Wait downstairs in the hall. 在楼下大厅里等着。 OPP
upstairs
down·stairs adjective [only before noun ] a downstairs bathroom 楼下的盥洗室
noun [singular ] the lower floor of a house or building, especially the one at ground level 楼下(尤指地面的一层) We're painting the downstairs. 我们在粉刷底层。 OPP
upstairs
down·stairs / ˌdaʊnˈsteəz ; NAmE ˌdaʊnˈsterz /
LDC
downstairs1 adverb
downstairs2 noun
downstairsdown‧stairs1 /ˌdaʊnˈsteəz◂ $ -ˈsterz/ ●●● S2 adverb
Examples
word sets
Collocations
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
downstairs1 adverb
downstairs2 noun
downstairsdown·stairs2 noun the downstairs the rooms on the ground floor in a house:  We have still got to paint the downstairs.
WDF

downstairs

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楼下(59%),在楼下(22%),楼下的(18%),向楼下(1%)
n.楼下
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