Word · Frequency #22842
banister
楼梯扶栏；栏杆
a railing beside a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling
- 1.
The rail on the side of a staircase that a person's hand holds onto.
楼梯扶手,供人用手扶的栏杆。
- 2.
a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling
楼梯或阳台边防止坠落的栏杆
- 3.
One of the vertical supports of such a handrail.
楼梯扶手的竖杆,栏杆柱。
楼梯扶手,供人用手扶的栏杆。；楼梯或阳台边防止坠落的栏杆；楼梯扶手的竖杆,栏杆柱。；栏杆的支柱；楼梯的扶栏
In use
She held the banister tightly as she walked down the stairs.
The old banister wobbled when I leaned on it.
Please paint the banister before the guests arrive.
hold on to the banister
也可写作 hold onto；banister 是可数名词，复数 banisters 常指整排栏杆。
Please hold on to the banister when you go down the stairs.
下楼梯时请扶住楼梯扶手。
the banister + verb
banister 作主语时，动词用单数；例如 The banister is/was...
The old banister wobbled when I leaned on it.
我靠在旧楼梯扶手上时，它晃了一下。
slide down the banister
slide down (the) banister 常指沿扶手滑下，多用于口语。
Connections
Collocations
- hold onto the banister
- 扶住楼梯扶手
- Hold onto the banister when you climb the stairs.爬楼梯时请扶住楼梯扶手。
- slide down the banister
- 顺着楼梯扶手滑下去
- It's dangerous to slide down the banister.顺着楼梯扶手滑下去很危险。
- banister rail
- 扶手栏杆
- The banister rail was polished to a shine.扶手栏杆被擦得锃亮。
- banister post
- 栏杆立柱
- The wooden banister post is carved with flowers.这根木制栏杆立柱上刻着花。
- broken banister
- 损坏的楼梯扶手
- The broken banister needs to be repaired.损坏的楼梯扶手需要修理。
- stair banister
Learner notes
Memory Tip
banister 里有 ban（禁止）：楼梯的扶栏像一道禁令，拦住你防止摔下去。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：居家装修、楼梯安全、日常对话 banister 是日常中性词，通常指楼梯或阳台旁的扶手/栏杆，口语和一般书面描述中都较常见；在更正式的建筑术语中，有时会用 railing 或 balustrade。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Canister rhymes exactly with banister: both have the stressed vowel /æ/ followed by /nɪstər/. The other words share the spelling ending -ister, but their stressed vowels differ, so they are lookalikes, not rhymes.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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