1. | 水平的；平坦的having a level surface, not curved or sloping |
low buildings with flat roofs 平顶矮建筑物 | |
People used to think the earth was flat. 人们曾经认为地球是平的。 | |
Exercise is the only way to get a flat stomach after having a baby. 产后只有通过锻炼才能使腹部收平。 | |
The sails hung limply in the flat calm(= conditions at sea when there is no wind and the water is completely level) . 风平浪静，风帆无力地垂挂着。 |
2. | 平坦的without any slopes or hills |
The road stretched ahead across the flat landscape. 公路向前延伸，经过一片平坦的地。 |
3. | 平滑的smooth and even; without lumps or holes |
I need a flat surface to write on. 我需要一个平面在上面写字。 | |
We found a large flat rock to sit on. 我们找了一块可以坐的大而平滑的石头。 |
4. | 扁平的broad but not very high |
Chapattis are a kind of flat Indian bread. chapatti 是一种印度薄饼。 | |
flat shoes(= with no heels or very low ones) 平跟鞋；平底鞋 |
5. | 枯燥的；无趣的；缺乏热情的dull; lacking interest or enthusiasm |
He felt very flat after his friends had gone home. 他的朋友们回家后，他感到兴味索然。 |
6. | 平淡的；单调的not showing much emotion; not changing much in tone |
Her voice was flat and expressionless. 她的声音平淡而呆板。 |
7. | 色彩单调的；无反差的；无景深的very smooth, with no contrast between light and dark, and giving no impression of depth |
Acrylic paints can be used to create large, flat blocks of colour. 丙烯颜料可用来创作单一色调的大幅图块。 |
8. | 不景气的；萧条的；生意清淡的not very successful because very little is being sold |
The housing market has been flat for months. 房屋市场已有好几个月处于低迷状态。 |
9. | [obn] 断然的；绝对的not allowing discussion or argument; definite |
Her request was met with a flat refusal. 她的请求被断然拒绝。 | |
He gave a flat ‘No!’ to one reporter's question. 他对一名记者的提问直截了当地答复“不！” |
10. | 降音的；降半音的used after the name of a note to mean a note a semitone/half tone lower |
That note should be B flat, not B. 那个音应该是降 B 音，而不是 B 音。 |
11. | 低于标准音高的；偏低的below the correct pitch(= how high or low a note sounds) |
The high notes were slightly flat. 这些高音略为偏低。 |
12. | 走了气的；不新鲜的no longer having bubbles in it; not fresh |
The soda was warm and had gone flat. 这汽水是温的，已走了气。 |
13. | 电用完了的unable to supply any more electricity |
14. | 瘪了的；撒了气的not containing enough air, usually because of a hole |
15. | 扁平的；足弓平坦的with no natural raised curves underneath |
You can't go and that's flat! 你不能去，就这样！ |
You can't go and that's flat! 你不能去，就这样！ |
1. | [c] 一套房间；公寓；单元房a set of rooms for living in, including a kitchen, usually on one floor of a building |
Do you live in a flat or a house? 你住的是公寓还是独立住宅？ | |
They're renting a furnished flat on the third floor. 他们租了四楼一套带家具的公寓。 | |
a ground-floor flat 一楼的一套单元房 | |
a new block of flats 一栋新建的公寓楼 | |
Many large old houses have been converted into flats. 许多大的老房子已改建成单元房。 | |
Children from the flats(= the block of flats) across the street were playing outside. 街对面公寓楼里的儿童正在户外玩耍。 |
2. | [sing] the ~ of sth （某物的）平面部分the flat level part of sth |
He beat on the door with the flat of his hand. 他用手掌打门。 | |
the flat of a sword 剑面 |
3. | [c][usupl] （尤指水边的）平地；低洼地an area of low flat land, especially near water |
salt flats 盐滩 |
4. | [sing] 无障碍平地赛马季节the season for racing horses on flat ground with no jumps |
5. | [c] 降半音；降音；降号a note played a semitone/half tone lower than the note that is named. The written symbol is (?). |
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。 |
6. | [c] 瘪了的轮胎；撒了气的轮胎a tyre that has lost air, usually because of a hole |
We got a flat on the way home. 我们在回家的路上有一个轮胎漏气瘪了。 | |
We had to stop to fix a flat. 我们只得停车修一下撒了气的轮胎。 |
7. | [c] 平面布景；布景屏a vertical section of scenery used on a theatre stage |
8. | [pl] (informal) 平跟鞋；平底鞋shoes with a very low heel |
a pair of flats 一双平跟鞋 |
1. | （尤指贴着另一表面）平直地，平躺地spread out in a level, straight position, especially against another surface |
Lie flat and breathe deeply. 平躺做深呼吸。 | |
They pressed themselves flat against the tunnel wall as the train approached. 火车接近时他们身体紧贴着隧道壁。 |
2. | (informal) 断然；直截了当地in a definite and direct way |
She told me flat she would not speak to me again. 她直截了当地跟我说她再不会理我了。 | |
I made them a reasonable offer but they turned it down flat. 我向他们提出一个合理报价，但是他们断然拒绝了。 |
3. | 低于标准音高lower than the correct pitch(= how high or low a note sounds) |
He sings flat all the time. 他总是唱低了音。 |
His next television venture fell flat on its face. 他的下一个电视项目丢人现眼，彻底失败了。 |
His next television venture fell flat on its face. 他的下一个电视项目丢人现眼，彻底失败了。 |
Workers are working flat out to meet the rise in demand for new cars. 为满足对新轿车需求的增加，工人正全力以赴地工作。 |
I told him flat out ‘No’. 我斩钉截铁地告诉他“不”。 | |
It's a 30-year mortgage we just flat out can't handle. 这是一宗我们根本无法供得起的 30 年按揭贷款业务。 |
Workers are working flat out to meet the rise in demand for new cars. 为满足对新轿车需求的增加，工人正全力以赴地工作。 |
I told him flat out ‘No’. 我斩钉截铁地告诉他“不”。 | |
It's a 30-year mortgage we just flat out can't handle. 这是一宗我们根本无法供得起的 30 年按揭贷款业务。 |
They changed the wheel in three minutes flat(= in only three minutes) . 他们仅用三分钟就换好了轮胎。 |
They changed the wheel in three minutes flat(= in only three minutes) . 他们仅用三分钟就换好了轮胎。 |
