- [countable, usually singular]
the surface of a room that you walk on 地板；地面 a wooden/concrete/tiled floor 木質/混凝土/瓷磚地板 His glass fell to the floor and broke. 他的玻璃杯掉在地上摔碎了。 - on the floor
The body was lying on the kitchen floor. 屍體躺在廚房的地上。 ceramic floor tiles 陶瓷地板磚 The furniture and floor coverings date from the 1920s. 家具和地板覆蓋物可以追溯到20世紀20年代。 The alterations should give us extra floor space. 這些改動應該使我們有更大的樓面面積。 The study was stacked from floor to ceiling with books. 書房從地板到天花板堆滿了書。
Synonyms floorfloor- ground
- land
- earth
- floor the surface of a room that you walk on:
She was sitting on the floor watching TV. 她坐在地板上看電視。
- ground (often the ground
) the solid surface of the earth that you walk on: （常作 the ground）指室外地、地面： I found her lying on the ground. 我發現她躺在地上。 The rocket crashed a few seconds after it left the ground. 火箭離開地面幾秒鐘便墜毀了。
- land the surface of the earth that is not sea:
It was good to be back on dry land again. 回到陸地上真好。 They fought both at sea and on land. 他們在海上和陸上都打過仗。
- earth (often the earth
) the solid surface of the world that is made of rock, soil, sand, etc: （常作 the earth）指大地、陸地、地面： You could feel the earth shake as the truck came closer. 卡車開近時會感覺到地面在震動。
ground, land or earth? 用 ground、land 還是 earth？ - on/under the floor/ground/earth
- bare floor/ground/earth
- to drop/fall to the floor/the ground/(the) earth
- to reach the floor/the ground/land
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesa1, Buildingsa1Do you mind sitting on the floor? 你介意坐地板上嗎？ I can't sleep on the bare floor! 我不能睡在光秃秃的地板上！ His footsteps echoed on the wooden floor. 他的腳步聲在木地板上回響。 She was sitting on the floor watching TV. 她坐在地板上看電視。 The bathroom floor was flooded with water. 浴室地板被水淹沒了。 There were wooden panels from floor to ceiling. 從地板到天花板的牆壁上都鑲着木板。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bare
- cold
- hard
- …
- clean
- mop
- polish
- …
- covering
- mat
- tile
- …
- on the floor
- from floor to ceiling
- (North American English also floorboard)[countable, usually singular]
the bottom surface of a vehicle （車輛的）地板 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bare
- cold
- hard
- …
- clean
- mop
- polish
- …
- covering
- mat
- tile
- …
- on the floor
- from floor to ceiling
- [countable]
all the rooms that are on the same level of a building 樓層 Their apartment occupies the top floor of the building. 他們的公寓位於大樓的頂層。 - on the… floor
Her office is on the second floor. 她的辦公室在第三層。 a cafe on the mezzanine floor 在夾層樓面的咖啡館 The upper floors of the building will contain function rooms. 大樓的上層將設有多功能廳。 the Irish guy who lives two floors above 住在兩層樓上面的愛爾蘭人 There is a lift to all floors. 有電梯通往各樓層。 - on… floors
Their house is on three floors (= it has three floors). 他們的房子有三層。
British/American floorfloor- 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 in a public building.
- In North 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.
Which Word? storey / floorstorey / floorsee also first floor, ground floorTopics Holidaysa2, Houses and homesa2, Buildingsa2- You use storey (British English)/story (US English) mainly when you are talking about the number of levels a building has:
storey（英式英語）／story（美式英語）主要用以指建築物的樓層數目： a five-storey house 一棟五層樓的房屋 The office building is five storeys high. 辦公大樓有五層樓高。
- Floor is used mainly to talk about which particular level in the building someone lives on, goes to, etc:
floor 主要指居住或前往等的某樓層： His office is on the fifth floor. 他的辦公室在五樓。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bottom
- first
- ground
- …
- occupy
- on the floor
- [countable, usually singular]
the ground at the bottom of the sea, a forest, etc. （海等的）底；（森林等的）地面 the ocean/sea/forest floor 海洋/海洋/森林底部 A layer of fine mud spread over the floor of the cave. 洞穴的地板上鋪了一層細泥。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- canyon
- cave
- desert
- …
- the floor[singular]
the part of a building where discussions or debates are held, especially in a parliament; the people who attend a discussion or debate 議員席；全體議員；全體與會者 - [countable, usually singular]
an area in a building that is used for a particular activity （建築物内的）場地 on the floor of the Stock Exchange (= where trading takes place) 在證券交易所的交易廳
- [countable, usually singular]
the lowest level allowed for wages or prices （工資或物價的）最低額，底價
of room房間
of vehicle車輛
level of building樓層
of the sea/forests海；森林
in parliament, etc.議會等
area for work工作區
for wages/prices工資；物價
Word OriginOld English flōr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vloer and German Flur.
Idioms
be/get in on the ground floor
to become involved in a plan, project, etc. at the beginning 在開始時參與
get/be given/have the floor
to get/be given/have the right to speak during a discussion or debate （討論或辯論中）取得發言權
hold the floor
to speak during a discussion or debate, especially for a long time so that nobody else is able to say anything 發言；長篇大論地發言（尤指使他人無法發言） She held the floor for over an hour. 她發言佔了一個多小時。
take (to) the floor
to start dancing on a dance floor （在舞池）開始跳舞
wipe/mop the floor with somebody
- (informal)
to defeat somebody completely in an argument or a competition （在辯論或競賽中）徹底打敗對手，把對手打得一敗塗地