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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
stairs
other parts of houses or other buildings HOUSE, BUILDING see also LADDER - the steps that join different levels inside a building: stairs (noun plural) She went/walked/came down the stairs. ◎ to run up the stairs ◎ at the top/bottom of the stairs ◎ I met her on the stairs. - a single step in a set of stairs: stair the top/bottom stair - a set of stairs with a rail at the side that you can hold on to: staircase, stairway - a rail for holding on to at the side of a staircase: banister (usually plural) - a set of stairs or steps: flight We had to go up three flights of stairs. - the area at the top of a staircase: landing - a moving staircase: escalator to go up/down an escalator - stairs outside a building, usually made of stone or concrete: steps (noun plural) Careful! These steps are rather steep. - the rail at the side of steps that you can hold on to: handrail - a sloping path which can be used instead of steps: ramp She pushed her wheelchair up the ramp. - a special staircase which people can escape down if there is a fire: fire escape Please don't block the fire escape. - the floor of a building which is above you is upstairs (adjective, adverb); the level below you in a building is downstairs (adjective, adverb) an upstairs window ◎ to go upstairs/downstairs ◎ The bedrooms are upstairs. ◎ the downstairs bathroom ◎ He fell downstairs and broke a leg.
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