backstairs
adj. 秘密的；不正当的
n. 后面楼梯；密谋手段
异体字：backstair
近义词：furtive，backstair，
英英释义
Noun
- a second staircase at the rear of a building
Adjective
- secret and sly or sordid;
"backstairs gossip" "his low backstairs cunning" "backstairs intimacies" "furtive behavior"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- He met the congressmen in secret to exert backstairs influence.他秘密会见了议员,暗中对他施加影响。
- He has got the post, but he got it by backstairs influence.他得到了那个职位，但他是用不正当的手段得到的。
用作名词(n.)
- They padded down the backstairs.他们沿着后面楼梯走下来。