flat是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 level and smooth, with no curved, high, or hollow parts -- 水平的；平坦的

  • An ice rink needs to be completely flat. 溜冰場地必須十分平坦。

  • Roll out the pastry on a flat surface. 在平的面板上把油酥麵團擀薄。

  • Much of the countryside in that region is very flat. 那一地區的許多鄉村都地勢平坦。

• 1 level but having little or no height -- 扁平的

  • flat shoes (= ones without a raised heel) 平底鞋

  • Pitta and nan are two types of flat bread. 嵌麵包和印度薄餅是兩種未發酵的麵包。

• 2 not interesting, or without emotion or excitement -- 不積極的；不感興趣的；缺乏熱情的

  • After the excitement of the party, life seems somewhat flat now. 派對的興奮感過去之後，生活現在似乎相當乏味。

  • I thought her performance a little flat. 我覺得她的表演有點平淡。

  • I think the colours in this painting are kind of flat (= not varied or bright). 我認為這幅油畫的色彩有些平淡。

• 3 with no electrical power left in it -- 沒有電的

  • I left my car lights on and now the battery is flat. 我的車燈沒關，現在電池沒電了。

• 4 If a drink is flat, it has stopped being fizzy (= with bubbles). -- （飲料）走了氣的

  • If you don't put the top back on that bottle of beer, it will go flat. 你要是不把那瓶啤酒的瓶蓋蓋上，它會走氣的。

• 5 complete or certain, and not likely to change -- 徹底的；肯定的；斷然的

  • His request for time off work was met with a flat refusal. 他的休假要求遭到了斷然拒絕。

  • The official has issued a flat denial of the accusations against her. 那位官員矢口否認對她的那些指控。

• 6 If something such as a tyre or ball is flat, it does not contain enough air. -- （輪胎或球）洩了氣的，撒了氣的

  • I got a flat tyre (= the air went out of it) after driving over a nail. 我的車胎紮了釘子後洩了氣了。

• 7 (especially of an amount of money) fixed and not likely to change -- （尤指錢數）固定的，不變的

  • We charge a flat fee/rate of $25 per hour. 我們每小時統一收費25美元。

• 8 If profits, sales, etc. are flat, they are not growing or increasing. -- （利潤、銷售等）無增長的

  • Demand for our machinery abroad is increasing, while growth is flat at home. 在海外對我們生產的機器需求在不斷增長，在國內卻十分平緩。

• 9 a set of rooms for living in that are part of a larger building and are usually all on one floor -- 公寓房

  • a furnished/unfurnished flat 配傢俱／未配傢俱的公寓

  • a block of flats 一棟公寓樓

  • They have a house in the country and a flat in Manchester. 他們在鄉下有一棟房子，在曼賈斯特有一間公寓。

• 10 an area of low, level ground, often near water -- （常指水邊的）平地；低窪地

  • The salt flats are used for motor racing. 鹽灘被用作機車比賽場地。

  • The mud flats attract large numbers of birds. 潮泥灘吸引了大批鳥類。

  • He hit me with the flat of his hand. 他打了我一巴掌。

  • Most of the path is on the flat. 這條小徑大部分都在平地上。

• 11 a tyre that does not have any or enough air in it -- 癟胎

  • We were late because we had to stop and fix a flat. 我們遲到了，因為中途不得不停下來修理洩氣的輪胎。

• 12 women's shoes without high heels -- （女式）平跟鞋，平底鞋

  • I feel more comfortable in flats. 我穿平底鞋感覺更舒適。

• 13 (a symbol for) a note that is a semitone lower than a stated note -- 降半音；降音符號

• 14 (in music) lower than a particular note or the correct note -- （音樂）低於標準音高的，偏低的

  • The top string on your violin is flat. 你的小提琴 E 弦音偏低。

  • She sang flat throughout the song (= all the notes she sang were too low). 她把整首歌的音調都唱低了。

• 15 in a level position, often against another surface -- （常指貼著另一表面）水平地，平直地

  • Lay the cloth flat across the table. 把布平鋪在桌子上。

• 16 into a flat shape without height -- 扁平地

  • These patio chairs will fold flat for storage. 這些花園坐椅可以折疊起來存放。

• 17 completely or to the greatest degree possible -- 徹底；斷然

  • She told him flat that she would not go to the show. 她直截了當地告訴他她是不會去看表演的。

  • Could you lend me some money, I'm flat broke (= I have no money). 你能借我些錢嗎？我連一塊錢也沒有。

  • We managed to get to the station in five minutes flat. 我們設法正好用了五分鐘時間趕到了車站。

  • My car only does about 60 mph, even when it's going flat out. 我的車即使全速行駛，也只能跑到每小時60英里左右。

  • We've been working flat out to get this done. 為了完成這項工作，我們一直在全力以赴。