English Dictionary

below stairs

前置詞句

古風 イギリス英語 歴史的 名詞用法

(dated) On a floor lower than the one a speaker currently occupies; below the main floor of a multi-floor building.

日本語の意味

（時代遅れの表現）現在いる階より低い階、つまり主要な階より下に位置する階を指す。

She stored the spare linens below stairs to keep them cool and dry.

彼女は予備のリネン類を階下に保管して、涼しく乾いた状態にしていた。

意味（1）

(dated) On a floor lower than the one a speaker currently occupies; below the main floor of a multi-floor building.

I’le lock her into her Sister’s Room below Stairs, for to night, there’s no Balcony there.

意味（2）

(UK, historical) In or pertaining to the lowest levels of a large house where the house staff work and are accommodated, contrasted with above stairs where the owning family reside.

My daughter Constance is at this time with me; or the emptinesse of the town, hath made me, who otherwise live upon the almes of others, a houskeeper, for a moneth; and so she is my servant below stairs, and my companion above:

意味（3）

(UK, historical, as noun) The areas of a large house in which house staff work, or the staff that work there.