网站首页  汉语  德语  英语

请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 stairhead
释义

Definition of stairhead in English:

stairhead

nounˈstɛːhɛdˈstɛrˌhɛd
British
  • A landing at the top of a set of stairs.

    〈主英〉楼梯顶

    he waited at the stairhead to escort her safely down
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Antoine took up his position at the stairhead, so that he could see all the clerks as they came in under the arched gateway.
    • The four porters have now come up and are waiting at the stairhead to be paid.
    • There was a time when people did not report domestic violence, for example, and I'm quite sure that not every scuffle at a stairhead would be reported.
    • Cam's own table was at the stairhead, the better to greet and farewell his guests, and to ask a favoured one occasionally to join him for a quick drink.
    • Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.

Rhymes

airhead

Definition of stairhead in US English:

stairhead

nounˈsterˌhedˈstɛrˌhɛd
British
  • A landing at the top of a set of stairs.

    〈主英〉楼梯顶

    he waited at the stairhead to escort her safely down
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.
    • Cam's own table was at the stairhead, the better to greet and farewell his guests, and to ask a favoured one occasionally to join him for a quick drink.
    • There was a time when people did not report domestic violence, for example, and I'm quite sure that not every scuffle at a stairhead would be reported.
    • Antoine took up his position at the stairhead, so that he could see all the clerks as they came in under the arched gateway.
    • The four porters have now come up and are waiting at the stairhead to be paid.
随便看

 

雅致网英汉双解词典包含236457条英汉翻译词条,涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法,是英语学习的必备工具。

 

Copyright © 2002-2024 53pku.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/7/4 1:37:50