| 正面 | 4421.upstairs 英 [ʌp'steəz]美 [,ʌp'stɛrz]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. 谐音“沸温儿”。adv. 在楼上，向楼上；上楼；往楼上adj. 楼上的n. 楼上 例句： 1. You don't have to go running upstairs every time she rings.用不着她一来电话你就往楼上跑。 upstairs (adv.)1590s, from up (adv.) + stairs (see stair). As an adjective from 1782. The noun is first attested 1872. Adjectival meaning "characteristic of upstairs life" (in private rooms of a household, as opposed to servants' quarters) is recorded from 1942. He [Halifax] had said he had known many kicked down stairs, but he never knew any kicked up stairs before. [Gilbert Burnet, supplement to "History of My own Time," from his original memoirs, c. 1697]" |