stair
英 [ste?]
美[st?r]
- n. 樓梯，階梯；梯級
- n. (Stair)人名；(英、葡)斯泰爾
常用詞匯CET4TEM4考研CET6中低頻詞
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?stairs;
中文詞源
stair 樓梯
來自古英語 staeger,樓梯，臺階，來自 Proto-Germanic*staigri,臺階，腳步，來自 PIE*steigh, 走，上升，詞源同 stile,stirrup.拼寫比較 fair,來自古英語 faeger.
英文詞源
- stair
- stair: [OE] A stair is etymologically something you ‘climb’. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *staigrī (source also of Dutch steiger ‘scaffolding’). This was derived from the base *staig-, *stig- ‘rise’, which also produced English stile, stirrup, and sty in the eye. And this in turn went back to an Indo-European *steigh- ‘go, rise’, source also of Greek steíkhein ‘stride, go’ and Irish tiagu ‘go’.
=> stile, stirrup, sty - stair (n.)
- Old English st?ger "stair, flight of steps, staircase," from Proto-Germanic *staigri (cognates: Middle Dutch stegher, Dutch steiger "a stair, step, quay, pier, scaffold;" German Steig "path," Old English stig "narrow path"), from PIE *steigh- "go, rise, stride, step, walk" (cognates: Greek steikhein "to go, march in order," stikhos "row, line, rank, verse;" Sanskrit stighnoti "mounts, rises, steps;" Old Church Slavonic stignati "to overtake," stigna "place;" Lithuanian staiga "suddenly;" Old Irish tiagaim "I walk;" Welsh taith "going, walk, way"). Originally also a collective plural; stairs developed by late 14c.
雙語例句
- 1. Terry was sitting on the bottom stair.
- 特里正坐在最下面的一級樓梯上。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I followed her down the stair.
- 我跟著她下了樓梯。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The stair treads were covered with rubber to prevent slipping.
- 樓梯踏板上覆蓋著橡膠以防滑.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. He heard soft footsteps coming up the stair.
- 他聽見有人上樓的輕微腳步聲.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. His office is down the stair.
- 他的辦公室在樓下.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》