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floor noun
⇨ floor 1 (sit on the floor) ⇨ floor 2 (the first floor)floor1 noun sit on the floor 坐在地板上the first floor of a building 楼房的第二层floor ♦︎ ground ♦︎ land ♦︎ earth ♦︎ soilThese are all words for the surface that you walk on. 这些词均表示地面。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆on / under the floor / ground / earth◆bare floor / ground / earth◆to drop / fall to the floor / the ground / (the) earth◆to hit the floor / ground◆to reach the floor / the ground / land■ floor [countable, usually singular] the surface of a room that you walk on （室内）地板，地面◆She was sitting on the floor watching TV.她坐在地板上看电视。◆to clean / wash / sweep the floor打扫／洗刷／清扫地板◆There's not really enough floor space in here.这里的居住面积真的很不够。◆There were wooden panels from floor to ceiling.从地板到天花板的墙壁上都镶着木板。OPP ceiling ⓘ The ceiling is the top inside surface of a room. * ceiling指天花板、顶棚◆It was a large room with a high ceiling.这是个屋顶很高的大房间。 ■ ground (often the ground 常作the ground) [uncountable] the solid surface of the earth that you walk on （室外）地，地面◆I found her lying on the ground.我发现她躺在地上。◆The ground fell away to the left of the road.路面向左侧倾斜。◆It was buried three metres below ground.它埋在地下3米处。◆The plant grows to about two feet above ground.这种植物的地面高度约有2英尺。◆Most of the animals' food is found at ground level.这些动物的食物大多可在地面找到。◆The rocket crashed a few seconds after it left the ground.火箭离开地面几秒后便坠毁了。 see also ground ⇨ soil ■ land [uncountable] the surface of the earth that is not sea 陆地；大地◆At last we sighted land (= saw land from the sea).我们终于望见了陆地。◆It was good to be back on dry land again.重回到陆地上真好。◆They fought both at sea and on land.他们在海上和陆上都打过仗。◆We travelled mainly by land.我们主要走陆路。◆a land mass that covers over a quarter of the earth's surface占地球表面超过四分之一的大陆块OPP sea ⇨ sea see also land ⇨ land noun 1 2 , land ⇨ soil ■ earth (often the earth 常作the earth) [uncountable, singular] the solid surface of the world that is made of rock, soil, sand, etc. 大地；陆地；地面◆It was good to feel the earth beneath our feet again.重新踏上陆地感觉真好。◆The earth was dry and scorched.大地干焦。◆You could feel the earth shake as the truck came closer.卡车开近时会感觉到地面在震动。 see also earth ⇨ soil NOTE 辨析 Ground, land or earth? Ground is the normal word for the solid surface that you walk on when you are not in a building or vehicle. You can use earth if you want to draw attention to the rock, soil etc. that the ground is made of, but ground can also be used in any of the examples for earth. Land is only used when you want to contrast it with the sea. * ground是常用词，指建筑物或车辆外人可行走的地面。如果强调的是构成大地的岩石、土壤等，可用earth，不过earth所适用的任何场合亦可用ground。land只在与海对比时使用◆the land beneath our feet ◆feel the land shake ◆sight ground/earth ◆travel by ground/earth ■ soil [uncountable] (literary) a country; an area of land 国土；领土；土地◆It was the first time I had set foot on American soil.那是我第一次踏上美洲大地。ⓘ This meaning of soil is almost always used in the phrase on African/British, etc. soil, meaning 'in Africa/Britain, etc.'. * soil表达此义时几乎总是用于短语on African/British, etc. soil中，表示在非洲、英国等。 see also soil ⇨ soil floor2 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。 |