| 单词 | floor |
| 释义 | floor (once / 56 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4n 5n 6v A floor is the surface at the very bottom, or base, of a room. When you lie on your back on the floor, you are looking up at the ceiling. Your living room floor might be covered with carpet, while the floor of your tent is probably canvas or nylon. While a floor is the bottom of a structure, it's also the lowest surface of the ocean: "Crabs scuttle across the ocean floor." If you live in a dorm or stay in a hotel, your floor is the level of the building where your room is located. Informally, if something floors you, it confounds or confuses you. WORD FAMILYfloor: floored, flooring, floors+/flooring: floorings USAGE EXAMPLESAuthorities say 48-year-old Maria Cartagena jumped from the fourth or fifth floor and died. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Summers says the victims became trapped on the second floor. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Ryan will almost certainly re-emerge as speaker in Tuesday’s floor vote. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure) they needed rugs to cover the bare floors we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent Syn|Hypo|Hyper flooring bell deck a floor under the bells of an open belfry dance floora bare floor polished for dancing floorboardthe floor of an automobile parquet, parquet floora floor made of parquetry truck bedthe floor or bottom of a wagon or truck or trailer flatbedan open truck bed or trailer with no sides; used to carry large heavy objects horizontal surface, level a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line 2n the lower inside surface of any hollow structure the floor of the pelvis the floor of the cave Hyper Earth's surface, surface the outermost level of the land or sea 3n the ground on which people and animals move about the fire spared the forest floor Hyper dry land, earth, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma the solid part of the earth's surface 4n the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water 2Hyper Earth's surface, surface the outermost level of the land or sea 1n a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale Syn|Hypo|Hyper level, storey, story basement, cellar the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage first floor, ground floor, ground levelthe floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building attic, garret, loftfloor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage loftfloor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space entresol, mezzanine, mezzanine floorintermediate floor just above the ground floor artist's lofta factory loft that has been converted into an artist's workroom and living area cellaragea storage area in a cellar cocklofta small loft or garret hayloft, haymow, mowa loft in a barn where hay is stored construction, structure a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts 2n the occupants of a floor 3the whole floor complained about the lack of heat Hyper assemblage, gathering a group of persons together in one place n a lower limit 4the government established a wage floor Syn|Hypo|Hyper base price floor floor below which prices are not allowed to fall wage floorfloor below which wages are not allowed to fall control the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc. 1n the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business there was a motion from the floor Hyper hall a large room for gatherings or entertainment 2n the parliamentary right to address an assembly 5the chairman granted him the floor Hyper right an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature n a large room in a exchange where the trading is done 6he is a floor trader Syn|Hyper trading floor room an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling 1v surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off I was floored when I heard that I was promoted Syn|Hypo|Hyper ball over, blow out of the water, shock, startle, take aback galvanise, galvanize, startle to stimulate to action surprise cause to be surprised 2v knock down with force Syn|Hyper coldcock, deck, dump, knock down beat hit repeatedly |
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