• n. 樓梯，階梯；梯級(jí)
• n. (Stair)人名；(英、葡)斯泰爾

來(lái)自古英語(yǔ) staeger,樓梯，臺(tái)階，來(lái)自 Proto-Germanic*staigri,臺(tái)階，腳步，來(lái)自 PIE*steigh, 走，上升，詞源同 stile,stirrup.拼寫比較 fair,來(lái)自古英語(yǔ) faeger.

stair

stair: [OE] A stair is etymologically something you ‘climb’. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *staigrī (source also of Dutch steiger ‘scaffolding’). This was derived from the base *staig-, *stig- ‘rise’, which also produced English stile, stirrup, and sty in the eye. And this in turn went back to an Indo-European *steigh- ‘go, rise’, source also of Greek steíkhein ‘stride, go’ and Irish tiagu ‘go’.
=> stile, stirrup, sty

stair (n.)

Old English st?ger "stair, flight of steps, staircase," from Proto-Germanic *staigri (cognates: Middle Dutch stegher, Dutch steiger "a stair, step, quay, pier, scaffold;" German Steig "path," Old English stig "narrow path"), from PIE *steigh- "go, rise, stride, step, walk" (cognates: Greek steikhein "to go, march in order," stikhos "row, line, rank, verse;" Sanskrit stighnoti "mounts, rises, steps;" Old Church Slavonic stignati "to overtake," stigna "place;" Lithuanian staiga "suddenly;" Old Irish tiagaim "I walk;" Welsh taith "going, walk, way"). Originally also a collective plural; stairs developed by late 14c.

1. Terry was sitting on the bottom stair.

特里正坐在最下面的一級(jí)樓梯上。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. I followed her down the stair.

我跟著她下了樓梯。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. The stair treads were covered with rubber to prevent slipping.

樓梯踏板上覆蓋著橡膠以防滑.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. He heard soft footsteps coming up the stair.

他聽見有人上樓的輕微腳步聲.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

5. His office is down the stair.

他的辦公室在樓下.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》