upstairs
AdjektivAdverbSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˌʌpˈstɛəz//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˌʌpˈstɛɹz//
- Australien//ɐpˈsteːz//
Located on a higher floor or level of a building.
Adjektiv
- 1
Located on a higher floor or level of a building.
We rent out the upstairs bedroom to a student.
- 2
umgangssprachlichPertaining to a pitched ball that is high, and usually outside the strike zone.
That fastball was upstairs for a ball.
Herkunft
Etymology tree English up- Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stéygʰeti Proto-Germanic *stīganą Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *staigijaną Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Germanic *-raz Proto-Germanic *staigraz Proto-Germanic *staigriz Proto-West Germanic *staigri Old English stǣġer Middle English steire English stair English -s English upstairs From up- + stair + -s.
Adverb
- 1
Up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level.
I’ll take my shoes and put them away the next time I go upstairs.
I hate the people who live upstairs, and I especially hate their piano.
The woman upstairs told the people outside to stop reveling.
There was more dancing and singing up stairs, more wit and conversation below; all were at liberty, and all stayed late; and all talked so much of the happiness they had enjoyed, that Lady Anne felt herself exceedingly tempted to give another party before the season finally closed.
- 2
umgangssprachlichIn the brain or mind.
After Joe did a hula dance on the kitchen table, his friends wondered if he didn’t have a lot going on upstairs.
I guess I'm just used to sailors / I think they got water on the brain / I think they got more water upstairs / Than they got sugar on a candy cane
- 3
umgangssprachlichIn heaven, especially with regard to where a deity might be found.
Substantiv
- 1
An upper storey.
an upstairs bathroom
- 2
SlangA woman's breasts.
Formen
- Komparativ
- further upstairs, farther upstairs
- Superlativ
- furthest upstairs, farthest upstairs
upstairs · Located on a higher floor or level of a building.
upstanding · Honest; reputable; respectable.upstate · The northern section of a state.uptight · Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious.