| 释义 |
ˈunderfloor, a.
[under-2.]
That occurs or is situated below floor level; also, operating below the surface of the floor, as underfloor heating (often by an electrical element embedded in a concrete floor).
1899Kipling Stalky 83 By some accident of under-floor drafts. 1934H. M. Vernon Princ. Heating & Ventilation v. 92 The scheme adopted took the form of under-floor heating by means of a pipe running round each room at a distance of about 4 in. from the walls. 1953D. J. Warburton ABC Commercial Vehicles 8 An under-floor-engine passenger chassis. 1977M. Drabble Ice Age i. 61 The flat she'd lived in with Len had had the lot: de luxe washing machine,..underfloor central heating, two bathrooms, shower... The lot. |