1.地面;地板
The floor of a room is the part of it that you walk on.
e.g. Jack's sitting on thefloor watching TV...
杰克正坐在地板上看电视。
e.g. We painted the woodenfloor with a white stain.
我们把木地板刷成了白色。
2.层;楼层
Afloor of a building is all the rooms that are on a particular level.
e.g. It is on the fifthfloor of the hospital...
它位于医院的5层。
e.g. They occupied the first two floors of the tower.
他们占用了塔楼的头两层。
In British English, the
ground floor of a building is the
floor which is level with the ground. The
floor on the next level is called the
first floor. In American English, the
first floor is the
floor which is level with the ground and the next
floor up is the
second floor.
英国英语中,ground
floor 指“底层;一层”,first
floor 指“底层上面的一层,即二层”。美国英语中,first
floor 指“底层;一层”,second
floor 指“底层上面的一层,即二层”。
3.(海洋、山谷的)底部
The oceanfloor is the ground at the bottom of an ocean. The valleyfloor is the ground at the bottom of a valley.
e.g. They spend hours feeding on the oceanfloor.
它们花好几个小时在海底进食。
e.g. ...a two-hour climb from the valleyfloor.
从谷底向上攀登两个小时
4.议事厅;(尤指)议员席
The place where official debates and discussions are held, especially between members of parliament, is referred to asthefloor .
e.g. The issues were debated on thefloor of the House.
这些问题在议院的议员席进行了讨论。
5.(辩论或讨论的)听众席
In a debate or discussion,the floor is the people who are listening to the arguments being put forward but who are not among the main speakers.
e.g. The president is taking questions from thefloor.
总统正接受来自听众席的提问。
6.(证券)交易大厅,交易所
Thefloor of a stock exchange is the large open area where trading is done.
floor
e.g. ...the dealingfloor at Standard Chartered Bank.
渣打银行的交易大厅
7.舞池
Thefloor in a place such as a club or disco is the area where people dance.
8.使困惑;使不知所措
If youare flooredby something, you are unable to respond to it because you are so surprised by it.
e.g. He was floored by the announcement...
这个通告使他不知所措。
e.g. He seemed floored by a string of scandals.
他似乎被一连串的丑闻搞得茫然失措。
9.(尤指在拳击比赛中)打倒,击倒
If someoneis floored, especially in boxing, they are hit so hard that they fall over.
e.g. He was floored twice in the second round.
在第二轮中他两次被打倒在地。
10.(在辩论或讨论中)发言/给予…发言权
If youtake the floor, you start speaking in a debate or discussion. If youare given the floor, you are allowed to do this.
e.g. Ministers took thefloor to denounce the decision to suspend constitutional rule...
几位部长发言谴责暂停宪制的决定。
e.g. Only members would be given thefloor.
只有会员才拥有发言权。
11.起舞;开始跳舞
If youtake to the floor, you start dancing at a dance or disco.
e.g. The happy couple and their respective parents took to thefloor.
这对幸福的新人和他们各自的父母在舞池中翩翩起舞。
12.(价格或销售)突然下滑,陡降
If you say that prices or sales have fallenthrough the floor, you mean that they have suddenly decreased.
e.g. Property prices have dropped through thefloor...
房地产价格骤降。
e.g. Last year, sales went through thefloor.
去年,销售突然下滑。
13.彻底击败;完全打败
If youwipe the floor with someone, you defeat them completely in a competition or discussion.
e.g. He could wipe thefloor with the Prime Minister.
他能彻底击败首相。