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Picture standing at the bottom of a staircase and looking up. 'Upstairs' points at everything on the far side of those steps. First it is a direction you travel (go upstairs), and once you are standing there, the same word simply names that part of the house.

可以想成「站在樓梯口往上看」的那個方向。樓梯把一棟房子切成上下兩邊，upstairs 指的就是樓梯上頭那一邊。它先是…更多收起可以想成「站在樓梯口往上看」的那個方向。樓梯把一棟房子切成上下兩邊，upstairs 指的就是樓梯上頭那一邊。它先是一個移動的方向（go upstairs 上樓），等人站定了，這個方向詞也就順手拿來指那一塊空間本身（樓上）。

One branch

樓梯上頭那一邊

兩個用法指的其實是同一塊空間，差別只在句子裡扮演什麼角色：一個當副詞（往那邊去／人在那邊），一個當名詞（那一層樓本身）。

to/on the upper floor · r · A2

Towards or on a higher floor in a building, above where you are now.

上樓；在樓上

原始詞典資料7 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

upstairsadj/ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/

  • 1

    Located on a higher floor or level of a building.

    • We rent out the upstairs bedroom to a student.
  • 2

    informalball-gamesbaseballgamesPertaining to a pitched ball that is high, and usually outside the strike zone.

    • That fastball was upstairs for a ball.

upstairsadv/ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/

  • 1

    Up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level.

    • I’ll take my shoes and put them away the next time I go upstairs.
    • I hate the people who live upstairs, and I especially hate their piano.
  • 2

    informalIn the brain or mind.

    • After Joe did a hula dance on the kitchen table, his friends wondered if he didn’t have a lot going on upstairs.
    • I guess I'm just used to sailors / I think they got water on the brain / I think they got more water upstairs / Than they got sugar on a candy cane
  • 3

    informalIn heaven, especially with regard to where a deity might be found.

upstairsnoun/ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/

  • 1

    An upper storey.

    • an upstairs bathroom
  • 2

    slangA woman's breasts.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。