floor
n
1 [C usu sing 通常作單數]
surface of a room on which one stands, walks, etc (室內的)地面, 地板
There weren't enough chairs so I had to sit on the floor. 房間里的椅子不夠, 我只好坐在地上.
The bare concrete floor was cold on my feet. 水泥地沒鋪地毯, 我的腳感到很涼.
[attrib 作定語]
5000 square metres of floor space 5000平方米的房屋面積.
2 [C usu sing 通常作單數]
bottom of the sea or ground surface of a cave, etc (海洋或洞穴等的)底
the ocean, forest, valley, cave floor 海洋的底、 森林的地面、 谷底、 洞底. =>Usage at earth 用法見earth.
3 [C] all the rooms, etc on the same level in a building; level of storey of a building 同一層樓的所有房間等; 樓層
Her office is on the second floor. 她的辦公室在三樓. =>Usage 見所附用法.
4 the floor [sing]
(a) part of an assembly hall where members sit, eg in the Houses of Parliament, US Congress, etc 議員席(如英國議會兩院、 美國國會等的)
speak from the floor 在議員席上發言.
(b) right to speak in such an assembly or meeting (在此種會議上的)發言權
The floor is yours you may present your argument. 現在請您發言--盡請發表意見.
5 [C usu sing 通常作單數]
area where a particular activity is undertaken 進行某種活動的場地
the dance floor, ie part of the floor of a night-club, etc where guests dance (夜總會等的)舞池
the factory/shop floor, ie part of a factory where the ordinary workers (ie not the managers) work 車間.
6 [C] minimum level for wages or prices (工資或物價的)最低水平.
7 (idm 習語) be/get in on the ground floor => ground floor (ground1). ,hold the `floor speak to an audience, esp at great length or with determination, so that no one else has a chance to say anything 演說; (尤指)長篇演講或慷慨陳辭(使他人無從插嘴)
She held the floor for over an hour. 她發言占了一個多小時. ,take the `floor
(a) get up to speak or address an audience 起立發言或演講
I now invite the President to take the floor. 現在請總統講話.
(b) get up and start to dance 起來跳舞
She took the floor with her husband. 她站起來和丈夫跳舞. wipe the floor with sb => wipe. floor, NOTE ON USAGE 用法
In British English the floor of a building at street level is the ground floor and the floor above that is the first floor. 在英式英語中, 樓房地面與街道相平的樓層叫ground floor, ground floor上面的一層叫first floor. *In US English the street-level floor is the first floor and the one above is the second floor. 在美式英語中, 與街道相平的樓層叫first floor, 其上面的一層叫second floor.
?? 擴展釋義
*[fl?:]n. 地板, 樓層, 底部, 底價vt. 鋪地板, 打倒n. 地面, 地板, 基底【計】 基底【醫】 地板, 地面, 底【經】 底價相關詞組: take the floor have the floor
?? 醫學釋義
地板,地面
?? 同詞根單詞
flashvt.& vi. 使閃光,使閃爍;拍出,發出(電報等);〈口〉炫耀;
n. 閃光;閃光燈下攝成的照片;一瞬間;浮華;
adj. 閃光的,閃耀的,一閃而過的;浮華的;龐大的;
flightn. (物體的)飛行;航班;飛翔;樓梯的一段;
vi. 成群地遷徙或飛行;
vt. 射擊;使驚飛;
flamen. 火焰;熱情,激情;〈俚〉愛人,情人;激動;
vi. 燃燒,發出火焰;面紅;閃光;
vt. 燒;激起,激怒;