upstairs是什麽意思

upstairs

英 [ʌp'steəz] 美 [,ʌp'stɛrz]

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]

1. You don't have to go running upstairs every time she rings.: 用不著她一來電話你就往樓上跑。

2. They actually moved down from upstairs because the rent's that expensive.: 他們確實從樓上搬到了樓下，因為房租太貴了。

3. The restaurant is upstairs and consists of a large, open room.: 飯店在樓上，有一個寬敞的開間。

4. She climbed the steps and proceeded along the upstairs hallway.: 她爬上樓梯，順著樓上的走廊走去。

5. When the great man arrived, the club's manager personally escorted him upstairs.: 那位要人到達時，俱樂部經理親自陪他上樓。