英语词汇“to take the floor”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. In legislative assemblies, the part of the house where the members sit, and from which they speak.

Hence figurative. The right of speaking; as to get or obtain the floor. to take the floor: to get up to address a meeting; to take part in a debate. Chiefly U.S.

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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > place of > parts of

floor1774

gangway1818

lobby1845

back bench1874

front bench1891

the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > take turn in conversation or debate

to take the speech1612

to take the floor1804

to get or obtain the floor1816

to take up the ball1873

1774 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 12 He came upon the floor, and asked a member, ‘What state are you now in?’

1804 Pitt Speeches (1806) IV. 354 The right honourable gentleman on the floor.

1811 B. Rush in J. Q. Adams' Wks. (1854) IX. 638 (note) It blazed forth..in the year 1776 upon the floor of Congress.

1816 J. Pickering Vocab. U.S. (at cited word) To get the floor; that is, to obtain an opportunity of taking part in a debate.

1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times III. xlvi. 391 The Conservatives get what American politicians call ‘the floor’.

1885 Manch. Examiner 15 May 6/1 Sauntering boldly up the floor of the House.

1886 Literary World (Boston) 11 Dec. 469/1 The President took the floor to second the above resolutions.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xii. 157 The senator from Minnesota has the floor.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xiii. 177 The member who first ‘obtains the floor’.

a. An artificial platform, or levelled space, for the carrying on of some industry, esp. threshing. Cf. threshing-floor (see threshing floor n.). Also, a dance-floor; to take the floor: to take part in a dance. †Rarely, a structure to walk over.

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society > occupation and work > workplace > factory > [noun] > platform or space for carrying out industry

floorc1000

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > floor > [noun]

fleta1000

floorc1000

floorth1303

loftingc1540

contignation1592

loft1596

contabulation1615

flooring1624

planchera1825

contablature1827

ground1847

Rory O'More1857

floor level1874

Rory1938

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > a structure to walk over

floorc1000

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [noun] > with reference to condition or situation > a structure to walk over

floorc1000

society > leisure > dancing > place for dancing > [noun] > floor for dancing

dancing-floor1839

floor1839

dance floor1874

dance-floor1928

c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) iii. 17 He feormað his bernes flore.

c1300 K. Alis. 6104 Of hurdles of bruggen they made flores, And so they wente into the mores.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xviii. 83 Þan þai gader þe fruyt and..layez it apon a flure til it becom blakk and runkled.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie F 721 A floore where corne is threshed, area.

1702 in London Gaz. No. 3790/4 Every Cistern..Kiln, Floor, Room, or other Place..made use of for the Wetting or Steeping of Corn.

1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida 166 One or two platforms..called drying floors.

1839 W. Carleton Fardorougha (1848) iv. 46 Answer Mrs. Fogarty, statin' fedher you'll take a month's larnin' on the flure.

1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. vii. 99 We returned to our seats again; and after refreshing..again ‘took the floor’.

1884 C. T. Davis Pract. Treat. Manuf. Bricks (1889) v. 128 The ‘floors’..the level places where the bricks are moulded.

1884 L. Troubridge Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 171 We all went to the New Club Ball..such a floor, such music, and such a partner.

1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Floor, the sand bed of a foundry is termed the floor.

1938 G. Greene Brighton Rock ii. i. 68 The floor was cleared for the last cabaret of the evening.

1967 R. Rendell New Lease of Death viii. 82 ‘Hard to make conversation when you're dancing.’.. ‘Like “Don't you think this is a good floor”?’

figurative.1782 W. Cowper Expostulation in Poems 302 Where flails of oratory thresh the floor.

单词	to take the floor
释义	> as lemmas to take the floor a. In legislative assemblies, the part of the house where the members sit, and from which they speak. Hence figurative. The right of speaking; as to get or obtain the floor. to take the floor: to get up to address a meeting; to take part in a debate. Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > place of > parts of floor1774 gangway1818 lobby1845 back bench1874 front bench1891 the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > take turn in conversation or debate to take the speech1612 to take the floor1804 to get or obtain the floor1816 to take up the ball1873 1774 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 12 He came upon the floor, and asked a member, ‘What state are you now in?’ 1804 Pitt Speeches (1806) IV. 354 The right honourable gentleman on the floor. 1811 B. Rush in J. Q. Adams' Wks. (1854) IX. 638 (note) It blazed forth..in the year 1776 upon the floor of Congress. 1816 J. Pickering Vocab. U.S. (at cited word) To get the floor; that is, to obtain an opportunity of taking part in a debate. 1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times III. xlvi. 391 The Conservatives get what American politicians call ‘the floor’. 1885 Manch. Examiner 15 May 6/1 Sauntering boldly up the floor of the House. 1886 Literary World (Boston) 11 Dec. 469/1 The President took the floor to second the above resolutions. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xii. 157 The senator from Minnesota has the floor. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. xiii. 177 The member who first ‘obtains the floor’. extracted from floorn.¹ to take the floor a. An artificial platform, or levelled space, for the carrying on of some industry, esp. threshing. Cf. threshing-floor (see threshing floor n.). Also, a dance-floor; to take the floor: to take part in a dance. †Rarely, a structure to walk over. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > factory > [noun] > platform or space for carrying out industry floorc1000 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > floor > [noun] fleta1000 floorc1000 floorth1303 loftingc1540 contignation1592 loft1596 contabulation1615 flooring1624 planchera1825 contablature1827 ground1847 Rory O'More1857 floor level1874 Rory1938 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > a structure to walk over floorc1000 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [noun] > with reference to condition or situation > a structure to walk over floorc1000 society > leisure > dancing > place for dancing > [noun] > floor for dancing dancing-floor1839 floor1839 dance floor1874 dance-floor1928 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) iii. 17 He feormað his bernes flore. c1300 K. Alis. 6104 Of hurdles of bruggen they made flores, And so they wente into the mores. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xviii. 83 Þan þai gader þe fruyt and..layez it apon a flure til it becom blakk and runkled. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie F 721 A floore where corne is threshed, area. 1702 in London Gaz. No. 3790/4 Every Cistern..Kiln, Floor, Room, or other Place..made use of for the Wetting or Steeping of Corn. 1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida 166 One or two platforms..called drying floors. 1839 W. Carleton Fardorougha (1848) iv. 46 Answer Mrs. Fogarty, statin' fedher you'll take a month's larnin' on the flure. 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. vii. 99 We returned to our seats again; and after refreshing..again ‘took the floor’. 1884 C. T. Davis Pract. Treat. Manuf. Bricks (1889) v. 128 The ‘floors’..the level places where the bricks are moulded. 1884 L. Troubridge Life amongst Troubridges (1966) 171 We all went to the New Club Ball..such a floor, such music, and such a partner. 1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Floor, the sand bed of a foundry is termed the floor. 1938 G. Greene Brighton Rock ii. i. 68 The floor was cleared for the last cabaret of the evening. 1967 R. Rendell New Lease of Death viii. 82 ‘Hard to make conversation when you're dancing.’.. ‘Like “Don't you think this is a good floor”?’ figurative.1782 W. Cowper Expostulation in Poems 302 Where flails of oratory thresh the floor. extracted from floorn.¹ < as lemmas
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