downstairs /ˈdaʊnˈstɛəz/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  ADV If you go downstairs in a building, you go down a staircase toward the ground floor. 往楼下 [ADV after v]

  例：

  Denise went downstairs and made some tea.

  丹尼丝下楼沏茶。

• 2. 

  ADV If something or someone is downstairs in a building, they are on the ground floor or on a lower floor than you. 在楼下

  例：

  The telephone was downstairs in the entrance hall.

  电话在楼下的门厅里。

• 3. 

  ADJ Downstairs means situated on the ground floor of a building or on a lower floor than you are. 在楼下的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  She repainted the downstairs rooms and closed off the second floor.

  她重新粉刷了楼下的房间，并把二楼封上了。

• 4. 

  N-SING The downstairs of a building is its lower floor or floors. 下面的楼层

  例：

  The downstairs of the two little houses had been entirely refashioned.

  两座小房子的底层已彻底翻新过了。