stair-stepping

英[s'teərst'epɪŋ] 美[s'teərst'epɪŋ]
  • n.爬楼梯
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Prices take the elevator but wages take the stair.
      价格的上涨像电梯一样迅速,薪金的增加像爬楼梯一样缓慢。
    2. Visitors go through a series of exhibitions without climbing a stair, without losing orientation as pieces of city scenes always infill the pauses between exhibition halls.
      游客不用攀爬楼梯就能参观展品,而通过展厅之间休息区中所看见的城市景观,使得他们不会失去方向。