| 单词 | flat |
| 释义 | flat (flæt ) Word forms: flats , flatter , flattest 1. countable noun A1 A flat is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor and part of a larger building. A flat usually includes a kitchen and bathroom. [mainly British] Sara lives with her partner and children in a flat in central London. …a block of flats Later on, Victor from flat 10 called. Synonyms: apartment [mainly US], rooms, quarters, digs 2. adjective B1 Something that is flat is level, smooth, or even, rather than sloping, curved, or uneven. Tiles can be fixed to any surface as long as it's flat, firm and dry. After a moment his right hand moved across the cloth, smoothing it flat. ...windows which a thief can reach from a drainpipe or flat roof. The sea was calm, perfectly flat. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun, verb-link ADJECTIVE, ADJECTIVE after verb] B2 Flat means horizontal and not upright. Two men near him threw themselves flat. As heartburn is usually worse when you're lying down, you should avoid lying flat. Synonyms: horizontal, prone, outstretched, reclining 4. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B1 A flat object is not very tall or deep in relation to its length and width. Ellen is walking down the drive with a square flat box balanced on one hand. 5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun, verb-link ADJECTIVE, ADJECTIVE after verb] B1 Flat land is level, with no high hills or other raised parts. To the north lie the flat and fertile farmlands of the Solway plain. The landscape became wider, flatter and very scenic. The highway stretched out flat and straight ahead. flatness uncountable noun Notice the flatness and the rich, red earth. Synonyms: evenness, uniformity, smoothness, horizontality 6. countable noun [usually plural, usually noun NOUN] A low flat area of uncultivated land, especially an area where the ground is soft and wet, can be referred to as flats or a flat. The salt marshes and mud flats attract large numbers of waterfowl. 7. countable noun [usually singular] You can refer to one of the broad flat surfaces of an object as the flat of that object. He slammed the counter with the flat of his hand. ...eight cloves of garlic crushed with the flat of a knife. 8. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] B1+ Flat shoes have no heels or very low heels. People wear slacks, sweaters, flat shoes, and all manner of casual attire for travel. Flats are flat shoes. [US] His mother looked ten years younger in jeans and flats. 9. adjective B2 A flat tyre, ball, or balloon does not have enough air in it. 10. countable noun A flat is a tyre that does not have enough air in it. Then, after I finally got back on the highway, I developed a flat. 11. adjective A drink that is flat is no longer fizzy. Could this really stop the champagne from going flat? 12. adjective B2 A flat battery has lost some or all of its electrical charge. [mainly British] His car alarm had been going off for two days and, as a result, the battery was flat. 13. adjective If you have flat feet, the arches of your feet are too low. The condition of flat feet runs in families. 14. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A flat denial or refusal is definite and firm, and is unlikely to be changed. The Foreign Ministry has issued a flat denial of any involvement. She is likely to give you a flat refusal. Synonyms: absolute, firm, direct, straight flatly adverb [usually ADVERB with verb, oft ADVERB adjective] Michael flatly denied virtually every rumour. He flatly refused to discuss it. I could use some money, Sarah told him flatly. Synonyms: absolutely, completely, positively, categorically 15. adverb If you say that something happened, for example, in ten seconds flat or ten minutes flat, you are emphasizing that it happened surprisingly quickly and only took ten seconds or ten minutes. [emphasis] You're sitting behind an engine that'll move you from 0 to 60mph in six seconds flat. I had it all explained to me in two minutes flat. 16. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A flat rate, price, or percentage is one that is fixed and which applies in every situation. Fees are charged at a flat rate, rather than on a percentage basis. Sometimes there's a flat fee for carrying out a particular task. 17. adjective If trade or business is flat, it is slow and inactive, rather than busy and improving or increasing. Sales of big pickups were up 14% while car sales stayed flat. For the country overall, house prices have remained flat. 18. adjective If you describe something as flat, you mean that it is dull and not exciting or interesting. The past few days have seemed comparatively flat and empty. The party leader delivered a dreadfully flat speech. Synonyms: dull, dead, empty, boring flatness uncountable noun Kenworthy detected a certain flatness in the days that followed. Synonyms: dullness, emptiness, tedium, monotony 19. adjective You use flat to describe someone's voice when they are saying something without expressing any emotion. 'Whatever you say,' he said in a deadly flat voice. 'I'll sit here and wait.' Her voice was flat, with no question or hope in it. Synonyms: monotonous, boring, uniform, dull flatly adverb [ADVERB after verb] 'I know you,' he said flatly, matter-of-fact, neutral in tone. 20. adjective [noun ADJECTIVE] Flat is used after a letter representing a musical note to show that the note should be played or sung half a tone lower than the note which otherwise matches that letter. Flat is often represented by the symbol ♭ after the letter. ...Schubert's B flat Piano Trio (Opus 99). 21. adjective If someone's singing or a musical instrument is flat, their singing or the instrument is slightly lower in pitch than it should be. He had been fired because his singing was flat. Flat is also an adverb. Her vocal range was limited, and she had a tendency to sing flat. 22. flat as a pancake phrase If you say that something is as flat as a pancake, you are emphasizing that it is completely flat. [emphasis] My home state of Illinois is flat as a pancake. 23. to fall flat phrase If you fall flat on your face, you fall over. A man walked in off the street and fell flat on his face, unconscious. 24. to fall flat phrase If an event or attempt falls flat or falls flat on its face, it is unsuccessful. Liz meant it as a joke but it fell flat. If it wasn't for the main actress, Ellen Barkin, the plot would have fallen flat on its face. 25. flat broke phrase If you say that you are flat broke, you mean that you have no money at all. [informal, emphasis] Two years later he is flat broke and on the dole. 26. flat out phrase If you do something flat out, you do it as fast or as hard as you can. Everyone is working flat out to try to trap those responsible. They hurtled across the line in a flat-out sprint. Synonyms: at full speed, all out, to the full, hell for leather [informal] 27. flat out phrase You use flat out to emphasize that something is completely the case. [mainly US, informal, emphasis] That allegation is a flat-out lie. They say the industry is flat out lying about the effects of deregulation. 28. on the flat phrase On the flat means on level ground. He had angina and was unable to walk for more than 200 yards on the flat. 29. in a flat spin phrase [verb-link PHRASE] If you say that someone is in a spin or in a flat spin, you mean that they are confused and unable to act sensibly because of something that has happened. [British, informal] Poor Jane was in rather a spin about the party. Idioms: flat as a pancake very flat There was barely a breeze and the water was as flat as a pancake. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers fall flat if an event or an attempt to do something falls flat, it is completely unsuccessful The champagne opening of a new art gallery fell flat when the boss's wife fired a cork straight through the most expensive painting on show. if a joke falls flat, nobody thinks it is funny He then started trying to tell jokes to the assembled gathering. These too fell flat. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers fall flat on your face to fail or make an embarrassing mistake when you try to do something I may fall flat on my face or it may be a glorious end to my career. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: flat ground Dry, flat ground protected from the wind; dry kindling and tinder; logs; a match/lighter/firesteel and striker/ magnifying glass. Times, Sunday Times It just needs a big patch of flat ground. Times, Sunday Times Just remember to park on flat ground for a good night's sleep! The Sun Twisting and icy, it has few steep areas and a lot of flat ground. Times, Sunday Times For the first 7 minutes, choose flat ground, so that you can gradually increase your speed as your body wakes up. Times, Sunday Times Apply it to boring flat hair and it suddenly looks just the right amount of tousled. Times,Sunday Times It's overdue, because we have had long, flat hair for too long. Times, Sunday Times She has very flat hair. Times, Sunday Times The cover art was also released on this date, showing a subdued black and white portrait of the twins with flat hair and wearing no shirts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has the 'world's fastest' motor drive, spinning at 13,000rpm, and a fourth outer finishing foil to lift short, flat hairs and shave them without skin damage. Times, Sunday Times The main course of flat iron steak, garlic mushrooms and spinach was hearty, with subtle flavours. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The flat iron surface of the bourzhuika served as the cooktop. THE BRONZE HORSEMAN (2001) Chika was frying cod and making hash browns on a flat iron skillet. A FEW SHORT NOTES ON TROPICAL BUTTERFLIES (2003) They knew that this was a floodplain: it is flat land adjacent to a river subject to flooding. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Then it was a pleasant flat-out trial, passing the filled gravel pits, the brewery, the flat land just south of Reading. WHISTLER IN THE DARK (2001) All that was left was a plot of flat land enclosed by a chain-link fence. Times, Sunday Times (2016) A variant known as chicken and pastry or simply chicken pastry features wide, flat noodles rolled from biscuit dough. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Crispy chow mein uses fried, flat noodles, while soft chow mein uses long, rounded noodles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Thinly-sliced meat, vegetables and flat noodles are served uncooked. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His broad face, with its flat nose and tiny eyes, was recognized everywhere. Smithsonian He has a flat nose and thick lips and a trace of a bruise under one eye. Times, Sunday Times It can get too cold in winter due to its thin coat but will struggle to cool itself in summer because of its flat nose. Times, Sunday Times They also have hairless ears and a long, flat nose. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has a flat nose with large nostrils. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It landed on a flat plain covered in rounded pebbles and sent atmospheric data for 90 minutes. The Sun The river drains an almost flat plain, and hence its lack of gradient makes it prone to flooding. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although fighting on a flat plain seemed a reasonable strategy, the various vegetation that grew there at the time actually hindered mounted troop movements. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The village lies in a relatively flat plain. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was formed when the area was a broad flat plain, forming a winding course typical of flatland rivers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That flat revenue outlook, though, suggests no hurry to buy. Times, Sunday Times It also said that it expected a broadly flat revenue performance next year. Times, Sunday Times In the textiles and washrooms services division operating profit fell 18.8 per cent to 55.3 million before one-off items and amortisation, on flat revenue. Times, Sunday Times The company reported pre-tax profit of $3.5 billion for last year, compared with a $2.4 billion loss a year earlier, despite flat revenue at $51.1 billion last year. Times, Sunday Times These are tiny changes, but together they meant that pre-tax profits were off by 30 per cent to 41.5 million on flat revenues. Times, Sunday Times Their 'office' was a flat rock 100yd from the house, where they were able to get a mobile-phone signal. Times, Sunday Times It was to flip up the great flat rock of media behaviour and behold the revolting creepy-crawlies. The Sun Brushing away the sand, he found a conveniently flat rock - which turned out to be the first step of the tomb. Times, Sunday Times We talked about our favourite fishing places; about the jetty, of course, and about the flat rock shelves just upstream of it that we knew as 'the ledges'. Times, Sunday Times Huge slabs of conveniently flat rock make it the perfect place to set up camp, and the workings have left grottoes and inlets that are perfect for jumping and diving. Times, Sunday Times It can be hard standing, a car park corner or a flat roof that will take the weight. The Sun (2008) Suddenly we were outside, on a flat roof sprinkled with loose chippings that crunched underfoot. TOY SHOP On the flat roof of the house is a dome enclosing a large telescope. Times, Sunday Times (2013) We also had difficulty getting insurance because of its timber frame and flat roof. Times, Sunday Times (2010) In the ceiling a trap door and wooden ladder led out to the flat roof. A Time of War (1993) Maritime stripes go well with jeans and flat sandals. The Sun There's no other explanation for the ghastly mix of stripes, orange trouser suit and flat sandals. The Sun And if it's good weather, you can put on ballerinas or flat sandals. Times, Sunday Times Your more casual-looking jump suit will work well with plimsolls or flat sandals. Times, Sunday Times Her hair was up, her feet were in flat sandals. canada.com Otherwise, it's back to flat shoes for me. Times, Sunday Times She has completely changed her walk: because she's wearing flat shoes, she's walking through her foot, leading to a neat, compact movement. Times, Sunday Times Can one get away with flat shoes, given the mud? Times, Sunday Times Flat shoes, elasticated trousers, a tattersall-check shirt and some sort of waterproof are de rigueur. Times, Sunday Times A dedicated high-heel wearer, she has embraced flat shoes. Times, Sunday Times This will see the closure of all the existing regional divisional headquarters, producing an extraordinarily flat structure more suited to management than command. Times, Sunday Times Under the old flat structure, a similar buyer would have been subject to having to pay 7,791. Times, Sunday Times She also enjoys working in an organisation with a flat structure, no job titles and loose job descriptions. Times, Sunday Times In contrast, the star fortress was a very flat structure composed of many triangular bastions, specifically designed to cover each other, and a ditch. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In these early systems the knowledge base tended to be a fairly flat structure, essentially assertions about the values of variables used by the rules. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Turn one sponge upside down so the flat surface is facing upwards. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The massive trunks of the gum trees were painted right up on top of the flat surface. The Times Literary Supplement (2011) Place on a flat surface to cool and harden. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Now almost at his foot he noticed the weathered flat surface of a scapula, broken off below the shoulder joint. A THIEF OF TIME (2002) This oven mitt has a suction pad that sticks to the oven door or any flat surface, so it's always to hand. Times, Sunday Times (2008) For all its unassuming sweeps of flat terrain, these are in many places merely a 'snow bridge' covering chasms in the ageold ice. Times, Sunday Times Continuing west, the line crosses uncharacteristically flat terrain: mountainous contours loom beyond. Times, Sunday Times Cyclists will find well-kept tracks and flat terrain, but horses, donkeys are also available. Times, Sunday Times It must be the flat terrain. Times, Sunday Times It has a flat terrain with an altitude of about. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All those conventions make it easy to let flats and villas for the entire summer. Times, Sunday Times (2009) They let two flats in Chelsea and are doing up a rental house in the south of France. Times, Sunday Times (2013) About 80 per cent of the scheme has already been sold - half of it to investors hoping to let flats out for between 335 and 520 a week. Times, Sunday Times (2006) You may not win - but it may be worth applying to vary given the big fees that you and your neighbours face when you sell or sublet your flats. Times, Sunday Times (2008) He regularly sublet the flat. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Their tenants had been using Airbnb to sublet the flat. Times, Sunday Times (2015) When our eldest was born I was living in a small two-bedroomed flat. The Sun (2015) But really I couldn't stand all the fuss when he moved into his new two-bedroomed flat the other day. The Sun (2006) I moved into my present home, a small two-bedroomed flat, in 1999. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Translations: Chinese: 平坦的, 公寓 Japanese: 平らな, フラット |
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