flat 英 [flæt] 　 美 [flæt]

flat

flat　 英 [flæt] 美 [flæt]

adj. 平的；平淡的；平坦的；扁平的；浅的　 n. 平地；公寓；跑了气的轮胎　 v. 使变平；　

名词复数:flats　 比较级:flatter　 最高级:flattest　

low buildings with flat roofs　平顶矮建筑物
People used to think the earth was flat.　人们曾经认为地球是平的。

  • A flat is an apartment. If a girl invites you up to her flat, she's not trying to squash you, she's inviting you over. And she's probably from England, because flat is much more common in British than American English.
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  • adj. 平的；平淡的；平坦的；扁平的；浅的
  • n. 平地；公寓；跑了气的轮胎
  • v. 使变平；

  • 1. low buildings with flat roofs

    平顶矮建筑物

  • 2. People used to think the earth was flat.

    人们曾经认为地球是平的。

  • 3. I need a flat surface to write on.

    我需要一个平面在上面写字。

  • 4. He felt very flat after his friends had gone home.

    他的朋友们回家后，他感到兴味索然。

  • 5. The housing market has been flat for months.

    房屋市场已有好几个月处于低迷状态。

  • 6. The soda was warm and had gone flat.

    这汽水是温的，已走了气。

  • 7. Do you live in a flat or a house?

    你住的是一层公寓还是一座房子？

  • 8. a ground-floor flat

    一楼的一套单元房

  • 9. the flat of a sword

    剑面

  • 10. We had to stop to fix a flat.

    我们得停车修一下撒了气的轮胎。

  • flat (adj.) c. 1300, "stretched out (on a surface), prostrate, lying the whole length on the ground;" mid-14c., "level, all in one plane; even, smooth;" of a roof, "low-pitched," from Old Norse flatr "flat," from Proto-Germanic *flata- (source also of Old Saxon flat "flat, shallow," Old High German flaz "flat, level," Old High German flezzi "floor"), from PIE root *plat- "to spread."
  • flat (adv.) 1550s, "absolutely, downright;" 1570s, "plainly, positively," from flat (adj.). Flat-out (adv.) "openly, directly" is from 1932, originally in motor racing, picked up in World War II by the airmen; earlier it was a noun meaning "total failure" (1870, U.S. colloquial).
  • flat (n.) 1801, "a story of a house," from Scottish flat "floor or story of a house," from Old English flett "a dwelling; floor, ground," from Proto-Germanic *flatjam, from suffixed form of PIE root *plat- "to spread." Meaning "floor or part of a floor set up as an apartment" is from 1824. Directly from flat (adj.) come the senses "level ground near water" (late 13c.); "a flat surface, the flat part of anything" (1374), and "low shoe" (1834).
  • flat (v.) c. 1600, "to lay flat;" 1670s in music, from flat (adj.). Related: Flatted; flatting.
flat ★ / flæt ; NAmE flæt / adjective , noun , adverb , verb flat flats flatted flatting flatter flattest adjective ★ ( flat·ter , flat·test ) level 平 1 ★ having a level surface, not curved or sloping 水平的；平坦的 ◆ low buildings with flat roofs 平顶矮建筑物 ◆ People used to think the earth was flat. 人们曾经认为地球是平的。 ◆ Exercise is the only way to get a flat stomach after having a baby. 产后只有通过锻炼才能使腹部收平。 ◆ The sails hung limply in the flat calm (= conditions at sea when there is no wind and the water is completely level). 风平浪静，风帆无力地垂挂着。 2 ★ (of land 土地 ) without any slopes or hills 平坦的 ◆ The road stretched ahead across the flat landscape. 公路向前延伸，经过一片平坦的地。 3 ★ (of surfaces 表面 ) smooth and even; without lumps or holes 平滑的 ◆ I need a flat surface to write on. 我需要一个平面在上面写字。 ◆ We found a large flat rock to sit on. 我们找了一块可以坐的大而平滑的石头。 not high 不高 4 ★ broad but not very high 扁平的 ◆ Chapattis are a kind of flat Indian bread. *chapatti 是一种印度薄饼。 ◆ flat shoes (= with no heels or very low ones) 平跟鞋；平底鞋 dull 枯燥 5 dull; lacking interest or enthusiasm 枯燥的；无趣的；缺乏热情的 ◆ He felt very flat after his friends had gone home. 他的朋友们回家后，他感到兴味索然。 voice 嗓音 6 not showing much emotion; not changing much in tone 平淡的；单调的 ◆ Her voice was flat and expressionless. 她的声音平淡而呆板。 colours/pictures 颜色；图画 7 very smooth, with no contrast between light and dark, and giving no impression of depth 色彩单调的；无反差的；无景深的 ◆ Acrylic paints can be used to create large, flat blocks of colour. 丙烯颜料可用来创作单一色调的大幅图块。 business 商业 8 not very successful because very little is being sold 不景气的；萧条的；生意清淡的 ◆ The housing market has been flat for months. 房屋市场已有好几个月处于低迷状态。 refusal/denial 拒绝；否认 9 [only before noun ] not allowing discussion or argument; definite 断然的；绝对的 ◆ Her request was met with a flat refusal. 她的请求被断然拒绝。 ◆ He gave a flat ‘No!’ to one reporter's question. 他对一名记者提问直截了当地答覆“不！” in music 音乐 10 used after the name of a note to mean a note a semitone/half tonelower 降音的；降半音的 ◆ That note should be B flat, not B. 那个音应该是降 B 音，而不是 B 音。 OPP sharp ☞compare natural   adj.  (9 ) 11 below the correct pitch (= how high or low a note sounds) 低于标准音高的；偏低的 ◆ The high notes were slightly flat. 这些高音略为偏低。 OPP sharp drink 饮料 12 no longer having bubbles in it; not fresh 走了气的；不新鲜的 ◆ The soda was warm and had gone flat. 这汽水是温的，已走了气。 battery 电池 13 ( BrE) unable to supply any more electricity 电用完了的 tyre 轮胎 14 not containing enough air, usually because of a hole 瘪了的；撒了气的 feet 足 15 with no natural raised curves underneath 扁平的；足弓平坦的 ☞see also flat-footed  (1 ) ▶ flat·ness / flætnəs ; NAmE flætnəs / noun [uncountable ] IDIOMS and ˌthat's ˈflat! ( BrE) ( informal) that is my final decision and I will not change my mind 这就是最后决定 ◆ You can't go and that's flat! 你不能去，就这样！ as ˌflat as a ˈpancake completely flat 完全平的 ☞more at back   n. , spin   n. noun ★ rooms 房间 1 ★ [countable ] ( BrE) a set of rooms for living in, including a kitchen, usually on one floor of a building 一套房间；公寓；单元房 ◆ Do you live in a flat or a house? 你住的是一层公寓还是一座房子？ ◆ They're renting a furnished flaton the third floor. 他们租了四楼的一层带家具的公寓。 ◆ a ground-floor flat 一楼的一套单元房 ◆ a new block of flats 一栋新建的公寓楼 ◆ Many large old houses have been converted into flats. 许多大的老房子已改建成单元房。 ◆ Children from the flats (= the block of flats)across the street were playing outside. 街对面公寓楼里的儿童正在户外玩耍。 ☞ collocationsat house ☞compare apartment  (1 ) level part 平面部份 2 [singular ] the flatof sth the flat level part of sth （某物的）平面部份 ◆ He beat on the door with the flat of his hand. 他用手掌打门。 ◆ the flat of a sword 剑面 land 土地 3 [countable ,  usually plural ] an area of low flat land, especially near water （尤指水边的）平地；低洼地 ◆ salt flats 盐滩 ☞see also mudflat horse racing 赛马 4 the flat , the Flat [singular ] ( BrE) the season for racing horses on flat ground with no jumps 无障碍平地赛马季节 in music 音乐 5 [countable ] a note played a semitone/half tonelower than the note that is named. The written symbol is (♭). 降半音；降音；降号 ◆ There are no sharps or flats in the key of C major. *C 大调中没有升半音和降半音。 OPP sharp ☞compare natural   n.  (2 ) tyre 轮胎 6 [countable ] ( especially NAmE) a tyre that has lost air, usually because of a hole 瘪了的轮胎；撒了气的轮胎 ◆ We got a flat on the way home. 我们在回家的路上有一个轮胎漏气瘪了。 ◆ We had to stop to fix a flat. 我们得停车修一下撒了气的轮胎。 in theatre 剧院 7 [countable ] ( technical 术语 ) a vertical section of sceneryused on a theatre stage 平面布景；布景屏 shoes 鞋 8 flats ( also flat·ties ) [plural ] ( informal) shoes with a very low heel 平跟鞋；平底鞋 ◆ a pair of flats 一双平跟鞋 IDIOM on the ˈflat ( BrE) on level ground, without hills or jumps (= for example in horse racing) 在平地上 adverb ( comparative flat·ter no superlative ) level 水平地 1 spread out in a level, straight position, especially against another surface （尤指贴着另一表面）平直地，平躺地 ◆ Lie flat and breathe deeply. 平躺做深呼吸。 ◆ They pressed themselves flat against the tunnel wall as the train approached. 火车接近时他们身体紧贴着隧道壁。 refusing/denying 拒绝；否认 2 ( BrE) ( NAmE ˌflat ˈout ) ( informal) in a definite and direct way 断然；直截了当地 ◆ She told me flat she would not speak to me again. 她直截了当地跟我说她再不会理我了。 ◆ I made them a reasonable offer but they turned it down flat. 我向他们提出一个合理建议，但是他们断然拒绝了。 in music 音乐 3 lower than the correct pitch (= how high or low a note sounds) 低于标准音高 ◆ He sings flat all the time. 他总是唱低了音。 OPP sharp IDIOMS fall ˈflat if a joke, a story, or an event falls flat,it completely fails to amuse people or to have the effect that was intended （笑话、故事、事件等）完全失败，根本未达到预期效果 fall flat on your ˈface 1 to fall so that you are lying on your front 趴倒在地 2 to fail completely, usually causing embarrassment （颜面丢尽地）彻底失败 ◆ His next television venture fell flat on its face. 他的下一个电视项目丢人现眼，彻底失败了。 flat ˈbroke ( BrE also stony ˈbroke ) ( informal) completely broke (= without money) 穷得一个子儿也没有；一贫如洗；穷得叮当响 flat ˈout ( informal) 1 as fast or as hard as possible 全速；全力以赴 ◆ Workers are working flat out to meet the rise in demand for new cars. 为满足对新轿车需求的增加，工人正全力以赴地工作。 2 ( especially NAmE) in a definite and direct way; completely 直截了当；断然 ◆ I told him flat out ‘No’. 我斩钉截铁地告诉他“不”。 ◆ It's a 30-year mortgage we just flat out can't handle. 这是一宗我们根本无法处理的 30 年按揭贷款业务。 ☞see also flat-out in… ˈflat ( informal) used with an expression of time to say that sth happened or was done very quickly, in no more than the time stated （与表达时间的词语连用，表示发生或做得很快）才…，只用了…，整 ◆ They changed the wheel in three minutes flat (= in only three minutes). 他们仅用三分钟就换好了轮胎。 verb ( -tt- ) [intransitive ] ( AustralE, NZE) to live in or share a flat/apartment 住公寓；伙住公寓 ◆ My sister Zoe flats in Auckland. 我妹妹佐伊住在奥克兰的一栋公寓里。 flat / flæt ; NAmE flæt / flat·ness / flætnəs ; NAmE flætnəs /
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