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tier noun
⇨ floor 2floor2 noun sit on the floor 坐在地板上the first floor of a building 楼房的第二层floor ♦︎ storey ♦︎ level ♦︎ deck ♦︎ tierThese are all words for the different levels or layers of a building, place, ship or bus. 这些词均表示楼层、层面。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆on the top, etc. floor / storey / level / deck / tier◆the upper / lower floors / storeys / levels / decks / tiers◆the top floor / storey / level / deck / tier◆the main floor / deck■ floor [countable] all the rooms that are on the same level of a building 楼层◆Her office is on the second floor.她的办公室在三楼。◆the Irish guy who lives two floors above住在两层楼上面的爱尔兰人◆Their house is on three floors (= it has three floors).他们的房子有三层。ⓘ In British English the floor of a building at street level is the ground floor, the one above it is the first floor and the one below it is the basement, or lower ground floor if it is in a public building. In American English the floor at street level is usually called the first floor, the one above it is the second floor and the one below it is the basement. In public buildings the floor at street level can also be called the ground floor. 在英式英语中，地面的楼层叫ground floor，其上的一层叫first floor，其下的一层叫basement，在公共建筑中则叫lower ground floor。在美式英语中，地面的楼层通常叫first floor，其上的一层叫second floor，其下的一层叫basement。在公共建筑中，地面的楼层亦可称为ground floor。■ storey (especially BrE) (NAmE usually story) [countable] a floor of a building 楼层◆a single-storey / two-storey / three-storey building单层建筑物；两层／三层楼房NOTE 辨析 Floor or storey? Floor is used especially to talk about which particular level in a building sb lives on, goes to, etc. * floor尤指所居住的或者要去的楼层等◆His office is on the fifth floor.他的办公室在六楼。 Storey is used especially to talk about the number of floors a building has. * storey尤指建筑物的楼层数◆a five-storey house五层的房子◆The office building is five storeys high.这栋办公楼有五层高。 ■ level [countable] a floor of a building; a layer of ground 楼层；地层◆The library is all on one level.图书馆全部在同一层楼上。◆Archaeologists found pottery in the lowest level of the site.考古学家在挖掘现场的最下层发现了陶器。◆a multi-level parking lot多层停车场ⓘ The levels of a building or site are not necessarily one above the other; level is often used when the different areas of a building or site are at different heights. You can talk about the upper/lower levels of a place; it is less usual for the levels in a building to be numbered, except in the case of large multi-storey car parks/parking garages. * level指建筑物的楼层或场地的地层时，不一定是一层在另一层的上面；建筑物或场地的不同区域处于不同的高度时也常用level表示。可以说the upper/lower levels of a place（某地的上层／下层），但不常给建筑物的各个level标号，除非是大型多层停车场或车库◆His office is on the fifth level. ◆Remember that we parked on level 5.记住我们的车停在第5层。 ■ deck [countable] one of the floors of a ship or bus （船或公共汽车的）一层，层面◆My cabin is on deck C.我的舱位在船的C层。◆We sat on the top deck of the bus.我们坐在公共汽车的上层。■ tier /tɪə(r); NAmE tɪr/ [countable] a row or layer of sth that has several rows or layers placed one above the other 级；阶；层◆a wedding cake with three tiers三层的结婚蛋糕◆The seating is arranged in tiers.座位是一级级排列的。 |