stairwell

/ˈsteəwel/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈsterwel/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈster-ˌwel/ (ame, mw)

stairwell — 名詞

  • stairwellsingular
  • stairwellsplural

1. the tall open shaft inside a building where the stairs rise from the lowest floo

1.名詞B2
釋義

樓梯間

建築物內容納整段樓梯的垂直空間

the tall open shaft inside a building where the stairs rise from the lowest floor right up to the top

例句

Smoke filled the stairwell, so the office workers used the fire escape instead.

樓梯間裡都是煙，所以辦公室員工改走逃生梯。

common collocation: smoke filled the stairwell

Élise heard footsteps echo loudly up the empty stairwell at midnight.

Élise 在午夜聽見腳步聲在空蕩的樓梯間裡大聲迴響。

in/up the stairwell + sounds echoing

同義詞
  • stair shaft

    technical building term for the same vertical space

  • staircase

    often used loosely for the same area, but strictly means the steps plus railing

文法句型

the stairwell of [a building]

in the stairwell

用法筆記

Refers specifically to the enclosed vertical space around the stairs, not the steps themselves; use 'staircase' or 'stairs' when you mean the steps people walk on.

常見錯誤

❌I climbed the stairwell to the third floor.
✅I climbed the stairs to the third floor.
💡you climb the stairs; the stairwell is the open shaft that contains them.