flat

英 [flæt] 美 [flæt]

• adj. 平坦的；扁平的；单调的；断然的；[音乐]降音的；气不足的
• adv. 平直地；直截了当；低于标准音高地
• n. <英>公寓；平面部分；[音乐]降半音；泄气轮胎
• v. 变平；降调；住公寓

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 平的,平坦的

   smooth and level; not rounded or lumpy

2. [A](价格)固定的,(收费)统一的

   (of an amount of money, a charge, etc.) fixed; not variable

3. 漏气的,气不足的

   (of a tyre) without enough air in it

4. [P]单调的,沉闷的

   dull and lifeless

5. 扁平的,浅的

   not very thick or high

n. (名词)

1. [C]一套房间,公寓套房

   a set of rooms in a building, especially on one floor, including a kitchen and bathroom; apartment

adv. (副词)

1. 平直地

   in or into a flat or level position

2. 直截了当地,断然地

   complete; firm; with no more argument

3. 正好,恰恰,精确

   exactly

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 单调的，无聊的，枯燥的，无趣的
2. 扁平的，平坦的，平的
3. 降半音的，降音的，低于标准音高的
4. 萧条的，不景气的
5. 走了气的
6. 断然的
7. 浅的
8. 生意清淡的
9. 缺乏热情的
10. 色彩单调的
11. 偏低的
12. 无反差的

adv. 副词

1. 平直地
2. 断然地，直截了当地
3. 恰恰，正好
4. 平躺地
5. 低于标准音高
6. 根本未达到预期效果
7. 完全失败地
8. 趴倒在地地
9. 一贫如洗地
10. 全速地
11. 全力以赴地
12. 整
13. 才…

n. 名词

1. 平地
2. 一套房间，公寓，单元房
3. 浅滩
4. 一层
5. 【音】降半音，降音，降号
6. 平面部份
7. 低洼地，沼地
8. 瘪了的轮胎，泄了气的的轮胎
9. 平面布景，布景屏
10. 平底鞋
11. 平底船

v. 动词

1. 【音】（使）降半音，（使）降音， 降调
2. 使（变）平
3. 变平淡， 使平淡
4. 丢弃（恋人）
5. 以降调唱

英英释义

Noun:

1. a level tract of land;

   "the salt flats of Utah"
   

2. a shallow box in which seedlings are started

3. a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named

4. freight car without permanent sides or roof

5. a deflated pneumatic tire

6. scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting

7. a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

Adjective:

1. having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another;

   "a flat desk"
   "acres of level farmland"
   "a plane surface"
   "skirts sewn with fine flat seams"
   

2. having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness;

   "flat computer monitors"
   

3. not modified or restricted by reservations;

   "a categorical denial"
   "a flat refusal"
   

4. stretched out and lying at full length along the ground;

   "found himself lying flat on the floor"
   

5. lacking contrast or shading between tones

6. (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone;

   "B flat"
   

7. flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

8. lacking taste or flavor or tang;

   "a bland diet"
   "insipid hospital food"
   "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"
   "vapid beer"
   "vapid tea"
   

9. lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting;

   "a bland little drama"
   "a flat joke"
   

10. having lost effervescence;

    "flat beer"
    "a flat cola"
    

11. sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch;

    "the owl's faint monotonous hooting"
    

12. horizontally level;

    "a flat roof"
    

13. lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth;

    "a film with two-dimensional characters"
    "a flat two-dimensional painting"
    

14. not reflecting light; not glossy;

    "flat wall paint"
    "a photograph with a matte finish"
    

15. commercially inactive;

    "flat sales for the month"
    "prices remained flat"
    "a flat market"
    

Adverb:

1. with flat sails;

   "sail flat against the wind"
   

2. in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly;

   "he didn't answer directly"
   "told me straight out"
   "came out flat for less work and more pay"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Most of our county is as flat as a pancake.
   我们县大部分地方非常平坦。
2. In flat open country there is plenty of grass for the cattle to feed on.
   在开阔平坦的地区有大量的青草供牛群食用。
3. People used to think that the earth was flat.
   过去人们认为地球是扁平的。
4. He spoke in a flat monotone.
   他说话单调低沉。
5. After the excitement was over, she felt flat.
   令人兴奋的事过后，她感到平淡无味。
6. My request was met with a flat refusal.
   我的要求遭到了断然拒绝。
7. That note should be B flat, not B.
   那个音应该是降 B 音，而不是 B 音。
8. Our car had a flat tire.
   我们那辆汽车有一只轮胎漏了气。

用作副词 (adv.)

1. She lay flat on her back in the warm sunshine.
   她在温暖的阳光下平躺著。
2. I'm flat broke.
   我身无分文。
3. My boss told me flat that I could not leave early.
   我的老板明确地告诉我不能早走。

用作名词 (n.)

1. She is buying a flat close to her office.
   她正在购买一套靠近她办公室的单元房。
2. He beat on the door with the flat of his hand.
   他用手掌打门。
3. 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。
4. We need to find a place that can fix the flat.
   我们得找个地方修理一下漏气的轮胎。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. We don't have flat land in this region
   我们这个地区没有平地。
2. They charge a flat fee.
   他们按统一标准收费。
3. Facer was skimming flat stones across the surface of the lake.
   费塞正用扁石子在湖面上打水漂。
4. He sliced the bread into thin and flat pieces.
   他把面包切成薄片。
5. He tried to force the proposal down my throat, but as it ran counter to the principles,I gave him a flat no.
   他企图强迫我接受那项建议,但因那项建议违反原则,我还是断然拒绝了。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. Modern findings do not bear out the old belief that the earth is flat.
   现代的研究结果否定了地球是个平面的古老信念。
2. The beer is a bit flat.
   啤酒有点跑气。
3. We won't go, and that's flat.
   我们决不去,就这么说定了。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

1. Life seemed flat to him.
   生活在他看来索然无味。
2. He has been flat on his back for two weeks with a bad cold.
   他患重感冒已卧病两周。
3. There is no economy left; these people are flat on their backs.
   没有经济来源,这些人陷入了困境。

用作宾语补足语

S+V+O+～

1. The earthquake laid the city flat.
   地震将这个城市夷为平地。
2. He knocked me flat with one punch.
   他一拳把我打倒。
3. She pressed the box flat.
   她把箱子压扁了。
4. It's easy for me to press the pastry flat and thin.
   对我来说,把馅饼皮压得又薄又平很容易。
5. The worker hammered the iron flat.
   工人把铁锤扁了。
6. Roll the pastry flat!
   把油酥面团擀平!
7. Roll the road surface flat!
   把路面碾平!
8. The boy stamped the egg flat.
   男孩一脚把鸡蛋踩碎了。

用作名词 (n.)

1. I can't afford to buy the flat.
   我买不起这套房子。
2. The flat is centrally heated.
   这套房间是集中供暖的。
3. All of us piled into Peter's car and headed back to the flat.
   我们都挤进了彼特的车子返回公寓。
4. The new flats were built to house the oil workers' families.
   新的公寓已建好,是供石油工人的家属居住的。
5. Every time a new tenant moves into that flat, he puts up the rent a bit more.
   每当新房客住进那套公寓,他总要把租金提高一点。
6. The landlord says he'll let you a flat.
   房东说他可以租给你一套公寓。
7. A friend of mine landed me a three-roomed flat.
   我的一个朋友给我弄到了一套三居室的公寓。
8. He shifted his luggage up to his flat.
   他把行李搬到楼上住所里去。
9. He has fallen into the habit of calling at his brother's flat on Thursday evenings.
   他养成每星期四晚上拜访他兄弟的习惯。

用作副词 (adv.)

用作状语

1. He turned a person of suggestion down flat.
   他断然拒绝那个人的建议。
2. The bond were sold flat.
   公债无息出售。
3. I told him flat.
   我明白地告诉他。
4. Miss Ball sang flat last night.
   波尔小姐昨天晚上唱歌的调门低了一些。
5. He lays flat on his face.
   他打在他的脸上。
6. She ran a mile in seven minutes flat.
   她跑一英里正好用了七分钟。
7. Spread a map flat on the ground, please.
   请把地图平展在地面上。
8. He was lying flat on his stomach, poking around under the bed with his arm.
   他伏在地上,用手臂在床底下摸来摸去。

经典引文

• Till of this flat a mountain you have made.

  出自：Hamlet , Shakespeare

• The river widens away before us; the flats are green on either side.

  出自： A. B. Edwards

• In India..all buildings of any importance have flat roofs.

  出自： J. Gwilt

• She hath..flatted their strongest Forts.

  出自： O. Feltham

常用短语

用作形容词 (adj.)

fall flat

完全失败; 未产生预期的效果 fail to produce the desired effect

leave flat

剩下单独一人; 使某人身无分文 leave sb completely alone; leave sb without any money
leave sb flat
They just walked off and left me flat.

他们走了而留下我单独一人。
The thief took all my money and left me flat.

小偷偷走了所有的钱,使我身无分文。

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

动词+～

• beat sth flat 把某物锤平
• feel flat on the audience 没引起听众的兴趣

～+介词

• flat against the wall 平整地挂在墙上
• flat on one's back 卧躺
• flat on the ground 平摊在地上

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• buy a flat 买一套房间
• have a flat 有一套房间
• like a flat 喜欢一套房间
• look for a flat 找一套房间
• paint a flat 给一套房间刷油
• share a flat with sb 同某人合住一套房间

形容词+～

• bright flat 明亮的房间
• cheap flat 便宜的房间
• clean flat 清洁的房间
• comfortable flat 舒适的房间
• expensive flat 昂贵的房间
• modern flat 现代化的房间
• noisy flat 吵闹的房间
• pleasant flat 漂亮的房间
• quiet flat 安静的房间

名词+～

• river flat 河床
• three-room flat 三室一套的房间

用作副词 (adv.)

动词+～

• spread a map flat 把地图平展开
• turn a person of suggestion down flat 断然拒绝那个人的建议

词语用法

adj. (形容词)

1. flat的基本意思是“平的”“平坦的”,指表面没有显著的弯曲、突出、倾斜等。也可用于借喻,表示“平淡无味的”“无聊的”“无精打采的”,还可指“漏气的,气不足的”“扁平的,浅的”等,在句中可用作定语或表语。
2. flat也可指“(价格)固定的,(收费)统一的”,此时只用作定语。

n. (名词)

1. flat用作名词时,指在一幢大楼内某一层上供居住的“一套房间”“公寓套房”,多用在英式英语中,在美式英语中多用apartment。

adv. (副词)

1. flat用作副词时意思是“平直地”,引申可表示为“直截了当地”“断然地”。
2. flat的另一个意思是“正好”“恰恰”“精确”,在句中多用作状语。

词义辨析

adj. (形容词)

flat, level

• 这两个词都有“平的”“平坦的”意思。其区别在于:
• 1.flat指表面水平或类似水平,即没有显著的起伏与倾斜。
• 2.level指“平均”,即没有明显的弯曲与凸凹,但不一定水平。例如:
• This road is level until you get near the hill.这条路很平,你可直达附近小山。

n. (名词)

flat, apartment, dormitory, room

• 这组词都可表示“一套房间”。其区别在于:
• 1.flat指比较简朴的住宅,通常占有不大或不很讲究的楼内某一层,多用于英式英语中。
• 2.apartment通常指单房,复数形式时指套房,也可指私人房或出租房,有无设备均可,多用在美式英语中。有时也可称作condominium或condo。例如:
• He told me it cost him 1000 dollars to furnish his apartment, and I believe it.他告诉我他花了1000美元为这套住宅配置家具,这话我信。
• I need to buy a new apartment so as to the more convenient to go work.我需要一套新公寓,以便上班更方便。
• 3.room常指单人住户使用的房间,不仅指住宅楼里,而且也指公共宿舍,或旅馆里的单元房间,有时有公共厨房和其他公用服务间。例如:
• He went to Room 403.他到403室去了。
• The hotel clerk assigned me a good room.旅馆招待给我安排了一个好房间。
• 4.dormitory指学校或机关团体提供单间或套间的集体寝室,也可指在市内工作者的郊外住宅区。例如:
• The college has a dormitory for students.那所大学有一所学生宿舍。

下面各组中的短语意思相同:

• a set of rooms
• a flat
• an apartment
• 一套房间
• service flat
• apartment hotel
• (一种提供伙食和用工服务的)公寓

adv. (副词)

flat, flatly

• 两者均可用作副词。其区别在于:
• 1.flatly用以修饰refuse, deny, oppose等否定意义的词语时要放在动词之前。用以修饰say和state等肯定意义的词语时要放在动词之后。而flat一般总是置于动词之后。
• 2.在某些固定短语中flat和flatly不可换用。例如:
• go flat against sth 断然否决, be flat broke断然断开

下面两个短语意思相同:

• flat ten minutes
• ten minutes flat
• 正好十分钟

lodging，accommodation，apartment，flat，quarters，suite

• 这些名词均有“住处”之意。
• lodging常用lodgings,指临时租借的房间或宿舍。
• accommodation泛指各种居住住所，一般指暂时下榻之地。
• apartment通常指占用或居住时间较长的成套房间，在美国比较常用。
• flat多用于英国、澳大利亚和新西兰，指同一层建筑物上组成一个居住单元的几个房间。
• quarters指某一部分人集中的居住区。
• suite可泛指任何设备完善的一套房间，但多指包括起居室、卧室和浴室的陈设较豪华的套间。

常见错误

n. (名词)

1. 她要求别人帮她出主意,究竟该把这画挂在新房的什么地方。

   误 She asked for help in determining where to hang the picture into her new flat.

   正 She asked for help in determining where to hang the picture in her new flat.

   析 表示“在公寓中的某一个单元中”的介词用in,不用into。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古日耳曼语的flaataz，意为平的，平面。

近反义词

【近义词】

• even
• horizontal
• level
• low
• plane
• smooth
• burst
• dead
• dull
• empty
• lifeless
• plain
• positive
• apartment
• pad
• penthouse
• rooms
• tenement

【反义词】

• crooked
• tortuous