backstairs

n. 后面楼梯, 密谋(手段) a. 诡秘的, 秘密的

发音

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词形变化

only 复数 more backstairs 比较级 most backstairs 最高级

别名

back stairs back-stairs

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A staircase at the rear of a building or one normally only used by servants and tradesmen.

    仅复数

    1905, Ernest William Hornung, “The Spoils of Sacrilege” in A Thief in the Night, Other feet were already in the lower flight of the backstairs; but the upper flight was the one for me, and in an instant we were racing along the upper corridor […]

  2. 2.

    An indirect or furtive means of access or intercourse.

    仅复数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Secret or furtive.

  2. 2.

    Scandalous.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

staircase stairway
形容词

同义词 2

furtive backstair

近义相关 1

covert

词源

From back + stairs.

来源：wiktionary