stairs

stairs — 名詞

1. the steps inside a building that let people go from one floor to another

1.名詞A1
釋義

樓梯

建築內連接樓層的整段階梯

the steps inside a building that let people go from one floor to another

例句

Liam ran down the stairs when he heard the doorbell ring.

Liam 聽見門鈴響起時，立刻跑下樓梯。

movement: run up/down the stairs

A red toy car was left halfway up the stairs after breakfast.

早餐後，一輛紅色玩具車被留在樓梯中段。

常見搭配
  • climb the stairs
  • go up the stairs
  • go down the stairs
  • run down the stairs
  • sit on the stairs
  • at the top of the stairs
  • at the bottom of the stairs
同義詞
  • staircase

    more formal and often used when talking about the whole built structure

  • stairway

    a neutral alternative that can sound slightly more formal

  • flight of stairs

    stresses one continuous set of steps between two levels

文法句型

the stairs

up/down the stairs

用法筆記

This sense almost always appears in the plural form 'stairs' when you mean the whole set of steps in a building. The singular 'stair' is uncommon in everyday speech for the full structure.

常見錯誤

My room is up the stair.
My room is up the stairs.
English normally uses the plural form for the whole set of building steps.

2. one step in a staircase that you put your foot on while going up or down

2.名詞A2
釋義

梯級

樓梯中的單獨一階

one step in a staircase that you put your foot on while going up or down

例句

Roya missed the last stair and grabbed the wall to stay upright.

Roya 踩空了最後一個梯級，急忙抓住牆壁才站穩。

last / top / bottom stair

A crack across the third stair grew wider after the heavy rain.

第三個梯級上的裂縫在大雨後變得更寬了。

ordinal + stair

常見搭配
  • top stair
  • bottom stair
  • third stair
  • miss a stair
  • count every stair
  • loose stair
同義詞
  • step

    the broader everyday word; it can refer to indoor or outdoor steps

  • tread

    a technical word for the flat part of a stair where your foot lands

文法句型

the top/bottom stair

each/every stair

用法筆記

Unlike sense 1, this sense is singular and fully countable: you can say 'one stair', 'the third stair', or 'every stair'. 'Step' is broader and can describe outdoor steps too; 'stair' points to one step in a staircase.

常見錯誤

The third step of the staircase is loose.
The third stair of the staircase is loose.
when you mean one part of a staircase itself, 'stair' is the more exact word.

同根字

常見搭配

常用片語

  • at the top of the stairs
  • at the bottom of the stairs
  • a flight of stairs

介系詞搭配

  • up the stairs
  • down the stairs
  • on the stairs