沒有電梯，用走的上去
三個用法講的是同一棟樓，只是鏡頭拉遠拉近：整棟、一戶、還有拿來形容東西的時候。
noun · B2
A building with apartments on several floors and no elevator, so that you have to use the stairs to reach the upper ones.
無電梯公寓大樓
這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 無電梯公寓大樓 · 沒訂位的客人
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walk-up
n核心畫面
One picture for this group is a staircase with no elevator beside it. The building is tall enough that an elevator would matter, and there is none, so every floor is paid for with your legs. That is why the floor number is always attached: a fourth-floor walk-up tells you the rent and the climb in one breath. The same word then covers the block, the flat inside it, and the describing word on an .
這一組可以想成一道樓梯，旁邊沒有電梯。樓夠高，高到電梯本來會有差，可是就是沒有。所以每一層都是用腿換來的。也因此樓層…更多收起
這一組可以想成一道樓梯，旁邊沒有電梯。樓夠高，高到電梯本來會有差，可是就是沒有。所以每一層都是用腿換來的。也因此樓層數總是跟著它一起出現：a fourth-floor walk-up 一口氣就說完了房租和要爬幾層。同一個字可以指整棟樓、裡面的那一戶，也可以直接放在名詞前面當說明。From the word’s history
The word comes straight from the phrasal verb walk up: the way you get to the upper floors is on foot.
這個字是從動詞片語 walk up 直接來的：要到上面那幾層，就是用走的。
Wiktionary entry supplied in packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1320726225:2297): "Deverbal from walk up."
One branch
A second word, same spelling
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walk-up
n核心畫面
These uses need a different picture, because up here is not upward at all. Imagine a window opening onto the street: you walk up to it, say what you want, and are served where you stand. Nobody had to book you in, and you never went inside. From that one moment come the window itself, the person who arrives that way, and the kind of service that needs no appointment.
這幾個用法要換一張圖，因為這裡的 up 根本不是「往上」。想像一個開在街邊的小窗口：你走過去，說你要什麼，就站在原地…更多收起
這幾個用法要換一張圖，因為這裡的 up 根本不是「往上」。想像一個開在街邊的小窗口：你走過去，說你要什麼，就站在原地被服務。沒有人先幫你登記，你也沒有進到裡面。從這一個畫面長出三件事：那個窗口本身、用這種方式出現的客人，還有不用預約的服務。From the word’s history
The word comes from the phrasal verb walk up, here in its sense of walking up to something.
一樣是從動詞片語 walk up 來的，只是這裡的 walk up 是「走到某個東西前面」，不是「往上走」。
Wiktionary entry supplied in packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1320728522:5931): "Deverbal from walk up."