downstairs

英 [ˌdaʊnˈsteəz]

美 [ˌdaʊnˈsterz]

adv.  顺楼梯而下; 在楼下; 往楼下
n.  楼下(尤指地面的一层)
adj.  楼下的

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Oxford 3000 / BNC.4046 / COCA.5467

牛津词典

adv.

• 顺楼梯而下；在楼下；往楼下
  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
  1. She rushed downstairs and burst into the kitchen.
     她冲下楼闯进厨房。
  2. Wait downstairs in the hall.
     在楼下大厅里等着。

noun

• 楼下（尤指地面的一层）
  the lower floor of a house or building, especially the one at ground level
  1. We're painting the downstairs.
     我们在粉刷底层。

柯林斯词典

• ADV 往楼下;顺楼梯而下;至楼下
  If you godownstairsin a building, you go down a staircase towards the ground floor.
  1. Denise went downstairs and made some tea.
     丹尼丝下楼泡了茶。
• ADV 在楼下
  If something or someone isdownstairsin a building, they are on the ground floor or on a lower floor than you.
  1. The telephone was downstairs in the entrance hall...
     电话在楼下的门厅里。
  2. Everybody was downstairs watching a movie.
     大家都在楼下看电影。
  3. ...the woman who lives in the flat downstairs.
     住在楼下公寓的女子
• ADJ 在楼下的;在一楼的
  Downstairsmeans situated on the ground floor of a building or on a lower floor than you are.
  1. 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。
• N-SING 楼下;底层
  The downstairsof a building is its lower floor or floors.
  1. 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。

英英释义

adj

• on or of lower floors of a building
  1. the downstairs (or downstair) phone
  Synonym:downstair

adv

• on a floor below
  1. the tenants live downstairs
  Synonym:down the stairson a lower floorbelow

双语例句

• Denise went downstairs and made some tea.
  丹尼丝下楼泡了茶。
• Amy slipped downstairs and out of the house
  埃米偷偷下楼溜出了房子。
• He could hear the others downstairs in different parts of the house calling his name
  他听到其他人从楼下不同地方喊他的名字。
• The boys bathed, dressed and went downstairs for lunch.
  孩子们洗完澡，穿好衣服，然后下楼吃午饭。
• I flew downstairs
  我飞奔到楼下。
• The couple leapt apart when she walked in on them and later came downstairs looking sheepish.
  她走进屋时撞见这对情侣，搞得两人赶紧分开，后来又面带窘色地走下楼来。
• Everybody was downstairs watching a movie.
  大家都在楼下看电影。
• Downstairs in the windowless basement, where the real work is done, it is sleazy and sweaty.
  工作实际上在楼下没有窗户的地下室里完成，又脏又累。
• Downstairs are two small rooms: a kitchen and a sitting room
  楼下是两个小房间：一个厨房和一个起居室。
• The Chief summoned me downstairs. He was brisk and businesslike
  主管叫我到楼下。他做事干练、务实。