| [/flɔː(r); flɔr/] n 用法:
1 [C usu sing 通常作单数] surface of a room on which one stands, walks, etc （室内的）地面, 地板:
There weren't enough chairs so I had to sit on the floor. 房间里的椅子不够, 我只好坐在地上. *
The bare concrete floor was cold on my feet. 水泥地没铺地毯, 我的脚感到很凉. *
[attrib 作定语] 5000 square metres of floor space 5000平方米的房屋面积. 用法:
2 [C usu sing 通常作单数] bottom of the sea or ground surface of a cave, etc （海洋或洞穴等的）底:
the ocean, forest, valley, cave floor 海洋的底、 森林的地面、 谷底、 洞底. =>Usage at earth 用法见earth. 用法:
3 [C] all the rooms, etc on the same level in a building; level of storey of a building 同一层楼的所有房间等; 楼层:
Her office is on the second floor. 她的办公室在三楼. =>Usage 见所附用法. 用法:
4 the floor [sing] (a) part of an assembly hall where members sit, eg in the Houses of Parliament, US Congress, etc 议员席（如英国议会两院、 美国国会等的）:
speak from the floor 在议员席上发言.
(b) right to speak in such an assembly or meeting （在此种会议上的）发言权:
The floor is yours you may present your argument. 现在请您发言--尽请发表意见. 用法:
5 [C usu sing 通常作单数] area where a particular activity is undertaken 进行某种活动的场地:
the dance floor, ie part of the floor of a night-club, etc where guests dance （夜总会等的）舞池 *
the factory/shop floor, ie part of a factory where the ordinary workers (ie not the managers) work 车间. 用法:
6 [C] minimum level for wages or prices （工资或物价的）最低水平. 用法:
7 (idm 习语) be/get in on the ground floor => ground floor (ground1). ,hold the `floor speak to an audience, esp at great length or with determination, so that no one else has a chance to say anything 演说; （尤指）长篇演讲或慷慨陈辞（使他人无从插嘴）:
She held the floor for over an hour. 她发言占了一个多小时. ,take the `floor (a) get up to speak or address an audience 起立发言或演讲:
I now invite the President to take the floor. 现在请总统讲话.
(b) get up and start to dance 起来跳舞:
She took the floor with her husband. 她站起来和丈夫跳舞. wipe the floor with sb => wipe. floor 2
NOTE ON USAGE 用法:
In British English the floor of a building at street level is the ground floor and the floor above that is the first floor. 在英式英语中, 楼房地面与街道相平的楼层叫ground floor, ground floor上面的一层叫first floor. *In US English the street-level floor is the first floor and the one above is the second floor. 在美式英语中, 与街道相平的楼层叫first floor, 其上面的一层叫second floor. |