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upstairs

aggettivoavverbiosostantivocorrente nei dialoghi

  • Regno Unito//ˌʌpˈstɛəz//
  • Stati Uniti//ˌʌpˈstɛɹz//
  • Australia//ɐpˈsteːz//

Located on a higher floor or level of a building.

aggettivo

  1. 1

    Located on a higher floor or level of a building.

    We rent out the upstairs bedroom to a student.

  2. 2

    informalePertaining to a pitched ball that is high, and usually outside the strike zone.

    That fastball was upstairs for a ball.

Etimologia

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.

avverbio

  1. 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. 2

    informaleIn 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. 3

    informaleIn heaven, especially with regard to where a deity might be found.

sostantivo

  1. 1

    An upper storey.

    an upstairs bathroom

  2. 2

    gergoA woman's breasts.

Forme

comparativo
further upstairs, farther upstairs
superlativo
furthest upstairs, farthest upstairs
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