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stair 音标拼音: [st'ɛr] n. 楼梯,阶梯 楼梯,阶梯 stair n 1: support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway; " he paused on the bottom step" [ synonym: { step}, { stair}] Stair \ Stair\ ( st[^ a] r), n. [ OE. steir, steyer, AS. st[= ae] ger, from st[ imac] gan to ascend, rise. [ root] 164. See { Sty} to ascend.] 1. One step of a series for ascending or descending to a different level; -- commonly applied to those within a building. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but originally used in the singular only. " I a winding stair found." -- Chaucer' s Dream. [ 1913 Webster] { Below stairs}, in the basement or lower part of a house, where the servants are. { Flight of stairs}, the stairs which make the whole ascent of a story. { Pair of stairs}, a set or flight of stairs. -- pair, in this phrase, having its old meaning of a set. See { Pair}, n., 1. { Run of stairs} ( Arch.), a single set of stairs, or section of a stairway, from one platform to the next. { Stair rod}, a rod, usually of metal, for holding a stair carpet to its place. { Up stairs}. See { Upstairs} in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster] 49 Moby Thesaurus words for " stair": amount, caliber, compass, cut, degree, doorstep, extent, footrest, footstep, grade, height, interval, leap, level, mark, measure, notch, nuance, pas, peg, period, pitch, plane, plateau, point, proportion, range, ratio, reach, remove, rest, riser, round, rundle, rung, scale, scope, shade, shadow, space, spoke, standard, stave, step, step stool, stepping- stone, stint, string, tread
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