upstairs
英 [ʌp'steəz]
美 [,ʌp'stɛrz]
- adv.上へ、上へ向かって；上へ；上へ向かって
- adj.
- n. 二階
英語の語源
- 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]
例文
- 1. You don 't have to go running upstairs every time she rings.
- 彼女が電話をかけてくるまでもなく、あなたは上の階に走ってください。
- 2.They actually moved down from upstairs because the rent 's that expensive.
- 彼らは確かに階上から階下に引っ越した。家賃が高すぎるからだ。
- 3.The restaurant is upstairs and consists of a large,open room.
- ホテルは上の階にあり、広い部屋があります。
- 4.She climbed the steps and proceeded along the upstairs hallway.
- 彼女は階段を登り、上の階の廊下を歩いた。
- 5.When the great man arrived，the club 's manager personally escorted him upstairs .
- その要人が到着した時、クラブマネージャーは自分で彼と一緒に2階に上がった。
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