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flat

noun

/flæt/

Idioms

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rooms房间

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[countable] (British English)

(also apartment especially in North American English)

a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a building一套房间；公寓；单元房

They're renting a furnished flat on the third floor.他们租了四楼一套带家具的公寓。
to buy/sell a flat购买/出售公寓
in a flat Do you live in a flat or a house?你住的是公寓还是独立住宅？
a basement/ground-floor/top-floor flat地下室/底层/顶层公寓
a two-bedroom flat带两间卧室的公寓
The park was surrounded by high-rise flats and office blocks.公园周围是高层公寓和办公楼。
a new block of flats一栋新建的公寓楼
Many large old houses have been converted into flats.许多大的老房子已改建成单元房。
Children from the flats (= the block of flats) across the street were playing outside.街对面公寓楼里的儿童正在户外玩耍。

level part平面部分

[singular] the flat of something the flat level part of something（某物的）平面部分

He beat on the door with the flat of his hand.他用手掌打门。
the flat of a sword剑面

land土地

[countable, usually plural] an area of low flat land, especially near water（尤指水边的）平地；低洼地

salt flats盐滩
These birds live on the coastal flats.这些鸟生活在沿海平地。
mud and sand flats rich in animal life动物种类丰富的泥沼和沙地

horse racing赛马

the flat, the Flat

[singular] (British English) the season for racing horses on flat ground with no jumps无障碍平地赛马季节

in music音乐

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[countable] a note played a semitone lower than the note that is named. The written symbol is (♭).降半音；降音；降号

There are no sharps or flats in the key of C major.C 大调中没有升半音和降半音。

opposite sharp compare natural

tyre轮胎

[countable] (especially North American English) a tyre that has lost air, usually because of a hole瘪了的轮胎；撒了气的轮胎

We got a flat on the way home.我们在回家的路上有一个轮胎漏气瘪了。
We had to stop to fix a flat.我们只得停车修一下撒了气的轮胎。

in theatre剧院

[countable] (specialist) a vertical section of scenery used on a theatre stage平面布景；布景屏

shoes鞋

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flats

(also flatties)

[plural] (informal) shoes with a very low heel平跟鞋；平底鞋

a pair of flats一双平跟鞋

Topics Clothes and Fashionc1

Word Originnoun senses 2 to 8 Middle English: from Old Norse flatr. noun sense 1 early 19th cent. (denoting a floor or storey): alteration of obsolete flet ‘floor, dwelling’, of Germanic origin and related to flat ‘level’.

Idioms

on the flat

(British English) on level ground, without hills or jumps (= for example in horse racing)在平地上
- Overtaking the next cyclist on an Alpine climb is a dozen times harder than on the flat.在高山攀登中超越下一个骑自行车的人要比在平地上困难十几倍。

flat

adjective

/flæt/

(comparative flatter, superlative flattest)

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level平

having a level surface, not curved or sloping, and without holes or any bits sticking out水平的；平坦的

low buildings with flat roofs平顶矮建筑物
I need a flat surface to write on.我需要一个平面在上面写字。
A large flat screen was mounted on the wall.墙上安装了一个大平板屏幕。
We found a large flat rock to sit on.我们找了一块可以坐的大而平滑的石头。
People used to think the earth was flat.人们曾经认为地球是平的。
a large, deep dish with a flat bottom平底大而深的盘子
Exercise is the only way to get a flat stomach after having a baby.产后只有通过锻炼才能使腹部收平。

Topics Colours and Shapesa2

Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs

be
look
become
…

adverb

extremely
fairly
very
…

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(of land

土地

) without any slopes or hills平坦的

The road stretched ahead across the flat landscape.公路向前延伸，经过一片平坦的地。
The desert was flat, mile after mile.沙漠是平坦的，一英里又一英里。
He reached a flatter section of land near the river.他到达河边一片平坦的土地。
the flat plains of northern Germany德国北部平坦的平原

Topics Geographya2

Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs

be
look
become
…

adverb

extremely
fairly
very
…

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(of an area of water) calm and without waves平滑的

The sails hung limply in the flat calm (= conditions at sea when there is no wind and the water is completely level).风平浪静，风帆无力地垂挂着。
The sea was almost completely flat.海面上可算是波平如镜。
The water was dead flat, like a mirror. 水面平坦如镜。

not high不高

broad but not very high扁平的

Chapattis are a kind of flat Indian bread.chapatti 是一种印度薄饼。
flat shoes (= with no heels or very low ones)平跟鞋；平底鞋
(figurative) The company's organizational structure was kept deliberately flat, with only three levels of hierarchy.公司的组织结构刻意保持扁平化，只有三个层级。

not exciting

not exciting; not feeling or showing interest or enthusiasm枯燥的；无趣的；缺乏热情的

He felt very flat after his friends had gone home.他的朋友们回家后，他感到兴味索然。
It was a curiously flat note on which to end the election campaign.竞选结束时的气氛异常平淡。

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Life will seem a bit flat without you.没有你生活会显得有点索然无趣。
She was feeling very flat after the excitement of the flight.兴奋的飞行过后，她感到非常疲惫。

voice嗓音

not showing much emotion; not changing much in tone平淡的；单调的

Her voice was flat and expressionless.她的声音平淡而呆板。
He spoke in a flat Midlands accent.他操一口平板的英格兰中部腔。
He went on in a flat tone.他用平淡的语气继续说下去。

colours/pictures颜色；图画

very smooth, with no contrast between light and dark, and giving no impression of depth色彩单调的；无反差的；无景深的

Acrylic paints can be used to create large, flat blocks of colour.丙烯颜料可用来创作单一色调的大幅图块。

business商业

not very successful because very little is being sold; not changing or increasing不景气的；萧条的；生意清淡的

The housing market has been flat for months.房屋市场已有好几个月处于低迷状态。
Interest rates have remained flat.利率一直保持平稳。

Topics Businessc2

refusal/denial拒绝；否认

[only before noun] not allowing discussion or argument; definite断然的；绝对的

Her request was met with a flat refusal.她的请求被断然拒绝。
He gave a flat ‘No!’ to one reporter's question.他对一名记者的提问直截了当地答复 “不！”
These results are in flat contradiction to the theory of relativity.这些结果与相对论完全矛盾。

Topics Opinion and argumentc2

in music音乐

used after the name of a note to mean a note a semitone lower降音的；降半音的

That note should be B flat, not B.那个音应该是降 B 音，而不是 B 音。

opposite sharp compare naturalTopics Musicc1

below the correct pitch (= how high or low a note sounds)低于标准音高的；偏低的

The high notes were slightly flat.这些高音略为偏低。

opposite sharp

drink饮料

no longer having bubbles in it; not fresh走了气的；不新鲜的

The soda was warm and had gone flat.这汽水是温的，已走了气。

Topics Drinksc2

battery电池

(British English) unable to supply any more electricity电用完了的

tyre轮胎

not containing enough air, usually because of a hole瘪了的；撒了气的

feet足

with no natural raised curves under the feet扁平的；足弓平坦的 see also flat-footed

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Word Originadjective Middle English: from Old Norse flatr.

Idioms

and that’s flat!

(British English, informal) that is my final decision and I will not change my mind这就是最后决定
- You can't go and that's flat!你不能去，就这样！

as flat as a pancake

(informal) completely flat完全平的
- The country around here is as flat as a pancake.这附近的国家平坦如薄饼。
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in a (flat) spin

very confused, worried or excited晕头转向；急得团团转；十分激动
- Her resignation put her colleagues in a spin.她的辞职令同事们摸不着头脑。
Topics Feelingsc2

(flat) on your back

(informal) in bed because you are ill因病卧床；卧病
- She's been flat on her back for over a week now.她卧病有一个多星期了。
- (figurative) The UK market was flat on its back (= business was very bad).（当时）英国的市场十分不景气。

flat

adverb

/flæt/

(comparative flatter, no superlative)

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level平

spread out in a level, straight position, especially against another surface（尤指贴着另一表面）平直地，平躺地

Lie flat and breathe deeply.平躺做深呼吸。
They pressed themselves flat against the tunnel wall as the train approached.火车接近时他们身体紧贴着隧道壁。
I can't get this material to lie flat.我没法将这料子展平。

refusing/denying拒绝；否认

(North American English flat out)

(informal) in a definite and direct way断然；直截了当地

She told me flat she would not speak to me again.她直截了当地跟我说她再不会理我了。
I made them a reasonable offer but they turned it down flat.我向他们提出一个合理报价，但是他们断然拒绝了。

in music音乐

lower than the correct pitch (= how high or low a note sounds)低于标准音高

He sings flat all the time.他总是唱低了音。

opposite sharp

Word Originadverb Middle English: from Old Norse flatr.

Idioms

fall flat

if a joke, a story, or an event falls flat, it completely fails to make people laugh or to have the effect that was intended（笑话、故事、事件等）完全失败，根本未达到预期效果
- Without Jem, the whole evening would have fallen flat.没有杰姆，整个晚上都会变得平淡无奇。
Topics Difficulty and failurec2

fall flat on your face

to fall so that you are lying on your front摔趴下
to fail completely, usually in an embarrassing way（颜面丢尽地）彻底失败
- His next television venture fell flat on its face.他的下一个电视项目丢人现眼，彻底失败了。
Topics Difficulty and failurec2

flat broke

(British English also stony broke)

(informal) completely broke (= without money)穷得一个子儿也没有；一贫如洗；穷得叮当响

flat out (informal)

as fast or as hard as possible全速；全力以赴
- Workers are working flat out to meet the rise in demand for new cars.为满足对新轿车需求的增加，工人正全力以赴地工作。
(especially North American English) in a definite and direct way; completely直截了当；断然
- I told him flat out ‘No’.我斩钉截铁地告诉他 “不”。
- It's a 30-year mortgage we just flat out can't handle.这是一笔我们根本无法还得起的 30 年按揭贷款。
see also flat-out

in… flat

(informal) used with an expression of time to say that something happened or was done very quickly, in no more than the time stated（与表达时间的词语连用，表示发生或做得很快）才…，只用了…，整
- They changed the wheel in three minutes flat (= in only three minutes).他们仅用三分钟就换好了轮胎。

flat

verb

/flæt/

[intransitive] (Australian English, New Zealand English)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they flat	/flæt/ /flæt/
he / she / it flats	/flæts/ /flæts/
past simple flatted	/ˈflætɪd/ /ˈflætɪd/
past participle flatted	/ˈflætɪd/ /ˈflætɪd/
-ing form flatting	/ˈflætɪŋ/ /ˈflætɪŋ/

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to live in or share a flat住公寓；合住公寓
- My sister Zoe flats in Auckland.我妹妹佐伊住在奥克兰的一栋公寓里。
Word Originverb sense 1 early 19th cent. (denoting a floor or storey): alteration of obsolete flet ‘floor, dwelling’, of Germanic origin and related to flat ‘level’.

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1448 COCA: 2569

flat

noun¹

(BrE)

set of rooms單元套房

➡ see also

apartment

ADJECTIVE

➤big, spacious大的／寬敞的公寓

▸➤modest大小適中的公寓

▸➤cramped, little, poky, small, tiny狹小的公寓；小公寓；窄小的公寓

▸➤comfortable, cosy舒適的公寓

▸➤beautiful, nice漂亮的公寓

▸➤luxury, posh豪華的公寓

▸➤shabby破舊的公寓

▸➤modern現代化公寓

▸➤self-contained設施齊全的公寓

▸➤purpose-built為特定目的建造的公寓

▸➤furnished, unfurnished有傢具的住房；沒有傢具的公寓

▸➤one-room, studio單間公寓房

▸➤one-bedroomed, two-room, etc.一居室、二居室等公寓

▸➤bachelor, granny單身公寓；老人套房

◇Even the prices of small bachelor flats are unbelievable.就連小型單身公寓的價格都令人咋舌。

◇They converted two rooms of their house into a granny flat for Tony's elderly mother.他們將自己房子的兩個房間改成了獨立套房給托尼的老母親住。

➤attic, basement, bottom, downstairs, first-floor, ground-floor, penthouse, top, top-floor, upstairs閣樓公寓房；地下室公寓房；底樓公寓房；樓下公寓房；二樓公寓房；一樓公寓房；頂層豪華公寓；頂層套房；頂樓公寓房；樓上公寓房

◇the people who live in the downstairs flat住樓下公寓的人

➤high-rise高層公寓

◇a block of high-rise flats一棟高層公寓樓

➤empty, unoccupied閒置的公寓

▸➤rented租用的公寓

▸➤council（租金由政府補貼的）市建公寓

▸➤holiday度假公寓

▸➤next隔壁公寓

◇They live in the next flat.他們住在隔壁公寓。

... OF FLATS

➤block一幢公寓樓

◇The tall blocks of flats dominated the skyline.那些高高的公寓樓聳入雲端。

VERB + FLAT

➤have, own擁有公寓

◇They have a flat in Paris and a house in Normandy.他們在巴黎有一套公寓，在諾曼底有一套房子。

➤rent租房

◇The musician rented a flat in a fashionable area of London.那位音樂家在倫敦高級住宅區租了一套房。

➤let, sublet出租／轉租公寓

◇The landlady found they had been illegally subletting the flat.女房東發現他們一直在違法轉租公寓。

➤buy, sell購買／出售公寓

▸➤find (sb), look for（為某人）找公寓；尋找公寓

◇Do you think that the council could find me another flat?你認為市政當局能給我再找一套公寓嗎？

➤get (sb)（為某人）找到公寓

◇We got her a flat in the same block as ours.我們幫她在我們住的公寓樓找到了一套住房。

➤live in, occupy, stay in住在公寓

◇Our flat is one of the two occupied in the block.這棟住宅樓中兩套有人入住，我們的是其中一套。

➤share合住公寓

➤move into搬進公寓

▸➤move from, move out from, move out of從公寓搬出

▸➤build修建公寓

▸➤decorate, refurbish裝修公寓；整修住房

◇a contract to refurbish 18 council flats整修 18 套市建公寓房的合同

➤lock, lock up鎖上公寓房

➤let sb/yourself into讓某人／自己進入公寓

◇She let herself into the flat with the spare key.她用備用鑰匙開門進了公寓。

➤leave, let sb/yourself out of離開公寓；讓某人／自己出了公寓

▸➤break into撬門入公寓

▸➤evict sb from將某人驅逐出公寓

FLAT + VERB

➤be located公寓位於

◇The flat is located in a modern development.公寓位於一個現代化的新建住宅區。

➤face sth, overlook sth公寓朝向⋯／俯瞰⋯

◇a luxury block of flats overlooking the marina俯瞰小港灣的豪華公寓樓

PREPOSITION

➤at a/the flat在公寓

◇I'll meet you back at your flat.我回你公寓找你。

➤in a/the flat在公寓

◇She lives in the top flat.她住在頂樓公寓。

PHRASES

➤convert sth into flats, divide sth into flats, make sth into flats, turn sth into flats把⋯變為公寓房；把⋯分隔為公寓房

◇The house has now been converted into flats.這幢房子現已被改建為公寓樓了。

flat

noun²

flats

low-lying land低地

ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION

ADJECTIVE

➤coastal, tidal沿海平地；潮灘

▸➤mud (usually mudflat) , salt, sand泥沼；鹽灘；沙灘

◇mud and sand flats rich in animal life動物種類豐富的泥沼和沙地

PREPOSITION

➤on the flat在平地上

◇These birds live on the tidal flats.這些鳥生活在潮灘上。

flat

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB

VERBS

➤be, look平；看起來平

▸➤become變平

▸➤lie, stay保持平整

◇I can't get this material to lie flat.我沒法將這料子展平。

◇She lay flat on the ground.她平躺在地上。

➤remain, stay保持平穩

◇Interest rates have remained flat.利率一直保持平穩。

➤fold sth, get sth, make sth, press sth把⋯摺平／展平／變平／壓平

◇Shall I fold the paper flat or roll it up?我是該把這張紙平摺還是捲起來？

➤knock sb把某人撞倒在地

◇He knocked me flat on my back.他撞得我仰面躺倒在地上。

ADVERB

➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其／相當／非常平坦

▸➤absolutely, completely, perfectly絕對／完全／極其平坦

◇The sea was almost completely flat.海面上可算是波平如鏡。

➤almost, nearly幾乎可算是平

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1448 COCA: 2569

flat adj.
⇨ flat (a flat surface) ⇨ blank (a flat tone) ⇨ predictable 2 (Life seems flat.) flat

noun

➡ See also the entry for

house

另见house条

flat

♦︎

apartment

♦︎

suite

♦︎

penthouse

♦︎

condominium

♦︎

condoThese are all words for a set of rooms for living in. 这些词均表示一套房间、公寓套房。

PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配

◆in a flat / an apartment / a suite / a penthouse / a condominium / a condo

◆at sb's flat / apartment

◆a luxury flat / apartment / suite / penthouse / condominium / condo

◆a penthouse flat / apartment / suite

◆a one- / two- / three-bedroom flat / apartment / condominium / condo

◆to live in a flat / an apartment / a suite / a penthouse / a condominium / a condo

◆to stay in a flat / an apartment / a suite / a penthouse

◆to rent a flat / an apartment / a suite

■ flat

[countable]

(BrE)

a set of rooms for living in, including a kitchen, usually on one floor of a building 一套房间；公寓；单元房

◆Do you live in a flat or a house?你住的是公寓还是独立住宅？

◆Children from the flats (= the block of flats) across the street were playing outside.住街对面公寓楼的儿童正在户外玩耍。

■ apartment

[countable]

(especially NAmE)

a set of rooms rented for living in, usually on one floor of a building （租住的）公寓套房

◆Finding an apartment in any city can be a difficult task.在任何城市找一套公寓都有可能是件难事。

◆an apartment building公寓大楼

ⓘ

Apartment is also used in British English, especially when it means a set of rooms rented for a holiday. * apartment也用于英式英语，尤指度假时租住的公寓套房

◆Our self-catering apartments are located just a minute's walk from the beach.我们可开伙的度假套房离海滩只有几步路远。

NOTE 辨析 Flat or Apartment Apartment and flat are both used in British English, although flat is the more usual word. Some people use apartment to mean accommodation that is larger, finer or more expensive than an ordinary flat. Apartments are usually part of a large building. Flats may be part of a large building, but may also be part of an ordinary house. * apartment和flat皆可用于英式英语，但flat更常用一些。有人用apartment指比普通的flat更大、更好或更昂贵的住处。apartment通常指大型建筑里的一套公寓；flat可指大型建筑里的单元房，也可指普通住宅里的一套房间。

■ suite

swiːt

[countable]

a set of rooms, especially in a hotel （尤指旅馆的）一套房间，套房

◆She booked a hotel suite overlooking Central Park.她订了一套俯瞰中央公园的旅馆套房。

◆The science centre is located in a suite of offices on the third floor.科学中心位于四楼的办公室套间内。

■ penthouse

ˈpenthaʊs

[countable]

an expensive and comfortable flat or set of rooms at the top of a tall building 顶层豪华公寓；阁楼套房

◆The hotel has 54 fully appointed rooms plus a luxury penthouse suite.这家旅馆有54个陈设完备的房间外加一套顶层豪华套房。

■ condominium

ˌkɒndəˈmɪniəm; NAmE ˌkɑːndəˈmɪniəm

[countable]

(especially NAmE)

an apartment building in which each apartment is owned by the person living in it but the building and shared areas are owned by everyone together; an apartment in such a building 公寓楼（套房私有，其他地方属业主共有）；一套公寓住房

◆There are town house and condominium developments going up in town.镇上正在兴建排房和公寓住宅区。

■ condo

[countable]

(NAmE,

informal)

a condominium 公寓楼；一套公寓住房

◆He bought an ocean-front condo in his native Florida.他在佛罗里达老家买了一套面海公寓。

flat

adjective

flat

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smooth

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level

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horizontalThese words all describe things that have a surface that is not curved, sloping or rough. 这些词均表示水平的、平坦的、平滑的。

PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配

◆a flat / smooth / level / horizontal surface

◆a flat / smooth / level road / floor

◆a flat / smooth rock / stone

◆flat / level ground / land

◆completely flat / smooth / level / horizontal

■ flat

having a surface that is not curved or sloping; (of land) without any slopes or hills; (of surfaces) very even, without lumps or holes 水平的；平坦的；（表面）平滑的

◆The town consisted mainly of low buildings with flat roofs.这个镇上主要是些平顶矮房子。

◆People used to think the earth was flat.人们曾经认为地球是平的。

◆The road stretched ahead across the flat landscape.公路向前延伸，经过一片平地。

◆I need a flat surface to write on.我需要一个平面在上面写字。

■ smooth

(often approving)

completely flat and even, without any lumps, holes or rough areas 平整的；平坦的；平滑的

◆The water was as smooth as glass.水平如镜。

◆Use a paint that gives a smooth, silky finish.使用一种使表面如丝般光滑的油漆。

◆Over the years, the stone steps had worn smooth.经年累月下来，石阶已经磨得光溜溜的。

OPP

rough ⇨

rough

■ level

having a flat surface that does not slope 平的；平坦的

◆Pitch the tent on level ground.把帐篷搭建在平地上。

◆Add a level tablespoon of flour (= enough to fill the spoon but not so much that there is a round heap on the spoon).加一平匙面粉。

NOTE 辨析 Flat or level? Level is used most often with the words ground and floor, especially when this feature is a positive or desired one. Flat is used more to talk about surfaces that are not rounded * level最常与ground和floor连用，尤指有益的或想到达到的平坦特征。flat多用以指水平的表面

◆a flat screen / base / bottom / sheet / stomach / surface平面屏幕；水平的底座；平底；平板；扁平的腹部；平坦的表面

(an exception is a flat roof which is a roof that does not slope), or landscapes that do not have any hills. * flat roof是个例外，意思是平顶。flat还可指地貌平坦

◆a flat field / landscape / plateau / plain / region / beach平坦的田野／地貌／高原；平原；平坦的地区／海滩

Flat landscapes are often considered to be plain and boring; level ground is considered a good thing, since it is possible to build on it or walk easily on it. * flat形容地貌时常被视为平淡乏味；level指地形平坦时则是一优点，因为平地可用作建筑用地，还便于行走。

■ horizontal

ˌhɒrɪˈzɒntl; NAmE ˌhɔːrəˈzɑːntl, ˌhɑːrəˈzɑːntl

going across and parallel to the ground rather than going up and down 与地面平行的；横的

◆Draw a grid of horizontal and vertical lines.画一个由横线和竖线组成的网格。

OPP

vertical ⇨

upright