stairs

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

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.