walk-up

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An apartment or block with stairs rather than an elevator. US
    — I became the tenant of a walk-up on East Tenth Street, on the north side of Tompkins Square, found for me by the seemingly omni-connected Ian McEwan […]
  2. An informal visit to a control tower by a pilot, typically used as part of pilot training.
    — Pilot walk-ups welcomed for real-time satellite and radar weather imaging information.
  3. A mountain that can be climbed without specialist equipment.
    — Western mountains are easy walk-ups. Eastern mountains are hard crawl-ups, but no oxygen problems.
  4. A customer who arrives without a reservation; a walk-in.
    — The first hour is for walk-ups only, with one foursome per hour reserved for walk-ups as well.
  5. An indoor or outdoor stand where food is sold to the public.
    — Soba is […] making appearances everywhere from street food walk-ups to fine dining restaurants.
  6. Colaptes auratus, northern flicker.
  7. A sequence of notes that raises in pitch stepwise, connecting two or more chords.
形容词 adj.
  1. Reached by stairs rather than an elevator. not-comparable
  2. Containing such flats. not-comparable
  3. For which no appointment is necessary. not-comparable

词形变化

walkup alternative walk-ups plural walkup alternative

词源

词源 1
Deverbal from walk up.
(northern flicker): Imitative of the bird's call.
词源 2
Deverbal from walk up.
(northern flicker): Imitative of the bird's call.
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