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stairsHsteEz, $sterzpl nStairs are a set of steps which lead from one level of a building to another.楼梯Go up the stairs and her office is on the right.上楼梯后，她的办公室在右手。My apartment is at the top of a steep flight (= set) of stairs.我的套房在一座陡楼梯的 上面。He stood at the foot (= bottom) of the stairs and called out "Breakfast's ready!"他站在楼梯下喊道“早饭准备好了!”She fixed a rail at the top of the stairs to prevent her young daughter from falling down them.她在楼梯顶装了个围栏来防止她小女儿从上面滚下来。(Br old use) In a large house, below stairs was the part of the house in which the servants worked and lived仆人的住处, and above stairs was the part where the owner lived.主人的住处As a young girl, she found life below stairs (= as a servant) hard and tiring.还是小女孩时，她便发觉当仆人的生活非常艰苦、劳累。Having worked as a butler for 25 years, he had witnessed life both above and below stairs.当了25年的佣人领班，他同时目睹了主人和仆人的生活。
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