below stairs

British EnglishBrE old-fashionedLOW POSITION OR RANK in the servants’ part of a large house, in the past 〔旧时〕在佣人住的地方

Examples from the Corpus

below stairs• He stirred as below stairs the maid tinkled a bell, the sign for dinner.• Delgard had assured him that St Joseph's no longer kept its dead below stairs.• The air of excitement was as great below stairs as it was above.• Mrs Gracie, left below stairs, set her lips.• To clean all the rooms below stairs.

→ below stairs at stair(2)

词汇	below stairs
释义	below stairs below stairs British EnglishBrE old-fashionedLOW POSITION OR RANK in the servants’ part of a large house, in the past 〔旧时〕在佣人住的地方 Examples from the Corpus below stairs• He stirred as below stairs the maid tinkled a bell, the sign for dinner.• Delgard had assured him that St Joseph's no longer kept its dead below stairs.• The air of excitement was as great below stairs as it was above.• Mrs Gracie, left below stairs, set her lips.• To clean all the rooms below stairs. → below stairs at stair(2)
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