| 单词 | flat |
| 释义 | Word Frequency flat 1(flæt) adjectiveWord forms: flatter or flattest 1. horizontal; level flat ground a flat roof 2. even or smooth, without projections or depressions a flat surface 3. lying stretched out at full length; prostrate he lay flat on the ground 4. having little depth or thickness; shallow a flat dish 5. (postpositive; often foll by against) having a surface or side in complete contact with another surface flat against the wall 6. spread out, unrolled, or levelled 7. (of a tyre) deflated, either partially or completely 8. (of shoes) having an unraised or only slightly raised heel 9. mainly British a. (of races, racetracks, or racecourses) not having obstacles to be jumped b. of, relating to, or connected with flat racing as opposed to steeplechasing and hurdling flat jockeys earn more 10. without qualification; total a flat denial 11. without possibility of change; fixed a flat rate 12. (prenominal or immediately postpositive) neither more nor less; exact he did the journey in thirty minutes flat a flat thirty minutes 13. unexciting or lacking point or interest a flat joke 14. without variation or resonance; monotonous a flat voice 15. (of food) stale or tasteless 16. (of beer, sparkling wines, etc) having lost effervescence, as by exposure to air 17. (of trade, business, a market, etc) commercially inactive; sluggish 18. (of a battery) fully discharged; dead 19. (of a print, photograph, or painting) lacking contrast or shading between tones 20. (of paint) without gloss or lustre; matt 21. (of a painting) lacking perspective 22. (of lighting) diffuse 23. music a. (immediately postpositive) denoting a note of a given letter name (or the sound it represents) that has beenlowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone B flat b. (of an instrument, voice, etc) out of tune by being too low in pitch Compare sharp (sense 12)24. phonetics another word for lenis 25. flat a adverb 26. in or into a prostrate, level, or flat state or position he held his hand out flat 27. completely or utterly; absolutely he went flat against the rules 28. exactly; precisely in three minutes flat 29. music a. lower than a standard pitch b. too low in pitch she sings flat Compare sharp (sense 18)30. fall flat 31. flat out noun 32. a flat object, surface, or part 33. (often plural) a low-lying tract of land, esp a marsh or swamp 34. (often plural) a mud bank exposed at low tide 35. music a. an accidental that lowers the pitch of the following note by one chromatic semitone Usual symbol: ♭b. a note affected by this accidental Compare sharp (sense 19)36. theatre a rectangular wooden frame covered with painted canvas, etc, used to form part of a stage setting 37. a punctured car tyre 38. the flat 39. nautical a flatboat or lighter 40. US and Canadian a shallow box or container, used for holding plants, growing seedlings, etc verbWord forms: flats, flatting or flatted 41. to make or become flat 42. music the usual US word for flatten (sense 3) Derived forms flatly (ˈflatly) adverb flatness (ˈflatness) noun Word origin C14: from Old Norse flatr; related to Old High German flaz flat, Greek platus flat, broadWord Frequency flat 2(flæt) noun 1. a set of rooms comprising a residence entirely on one floor of a building Usual US and Canadian name: apartment2. British and New Zealand a portion of a house used as separate living quarters 3. New Zealand a house shared with people who are not members of one's own family verbWord forms: flats, flatting or flatted (intransitive) 4. Australian and New Zealand to live in a flat (with someone) Word origin Old English flett floor, hall, house; related to flat1 |
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