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词汇 banister
释义 banister
noun[ C ]
(alsobannister)uk /ˈbæn.ɪ.stər/ us /ˈbæn.ə.stɚ/(alsobanisters[ plural ])
the row of posts at the side of stairs and the wooden or metal bar on top of them: (楼梯的)栏杆
She admired the substantial staircase with its curved white banister.
The house has an oak bannister.
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balustrade
 
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the wooden or metal bar on top of a row of posts at the side of stairs:
I hold on to banisters - that's the sign of getting old, you know.
She took another step and paused with her hand on the bannister.
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handrail
Greenery was woven through the spindles of banisters, and all along the altar of the church.
He found a handful of problems with the house, including a loose bannister leading to the second floor.
Inside, he pointed out the original chestnut banister that runs along the edge of a wide, curving stairwell.
She got up stiffly and went upstairs, holding blindly on to the banisters.
The kid sits on the banister, and slides all the way down.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Parts of buildings: fences & rails
balustrade
bannister
barbed wire
barricade
barrier
chain-link fence
crush barrier
fence something in
fence something off
fencing
finial
gated
handrail
hoarding
Jersey barrier
paling
palisade
picket fence
shark fence
windbreak
Examples from literature

By instinct his hand found the smooth banister, and he began his climb of the stairs. 
I was looking straight towards the head of a wide staircase, with a great oak banister. 
She took a step towards them, and then he noticed that she swayed and clutched the banister. 
The woman still hung over the banisters a minute longer and then was gone. 
These banisters are elaborately decorated with carving, which is always of the same pattern. 

banister | American Dictionary


banister
noun[ C ]
us/ˈbæn·ə·stər/
a row of wooden or metal poles at the side of stairs and the bar attached to them on top

Examples of banister


banister
The paragraph described how the police controlled the crowd and how men clung to the banisters.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
A decision relating to employed banisters has been postponed until this application has been determined.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
That is the very time when our leading lawyers, whether they be banisters or—at the better end of the profession—solicitors are at their peak.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
As a learned judge said in one case, the child is not invited, for example, to slide down the banisters.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
I maintain five panels of banisters for common law and chancery work.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
But we must remember that this kind of thing has happened to banisters, has happened to judges and has happened to politicians.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
That its source is the banisters' trade union gives me pause for thought.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
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