staircase

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈstɛɹˌkeɪs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A flight of stairs; a stairway.
    — I was on the staircase by the bell / Blinded by the black magician's spell
  2. A connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell.
    — Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
  3. A set of locks (enclosed sections of waterway) mounted one above the next.
动词 v.
  1. To modify (a signal, a graph, etc.) to reduce a smooth curve to a series of discrete steps. transitive
    — This leads to much smoother reconstructions in regions of moderate gradient and thus prevents staircasing.
  2. To increase one's share in a co-ownership.
    — It is a good idea to make plans for staircasing when you first buy your shared ownership home.

词形变化

staircases plural stair-case alternative,archaic staircases present,singular,third-person staircasing participle,present staircased participle,past staircased past stair-case alternative,archaic

词汇关系

衍生词
devil's staircase everlasting staircase helical staircase moving staircase Penrose staircase spiral staircase staircaselike staircase lock staircase wit staircasing
相关词
jaggies staircasing effect

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
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 case
English staircase
From stair + case.
词源 2
Etymology tree
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 case
English staircase
From stair + case.
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