floor

noun

1. the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)

e.g. they needed rugs to cover the bare floors
we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent

Synonym: flooring

2. a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale

e.g. what level is the office on?

Synonym: levelstoreystory

3. a large room in a exchange where the trading is done

e.g. he is a floor trader

Synonym: trading floor

4. the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business

e.g. there was a motion from the floor

5. the parliamentary right to address an assembly

e.g. the chairman granted him the floor

6. a lower limit

e.g. the government established a wage floor

Synonym: base

7. the occupants of a floor

e.g. the whole floor complained about the lack of heat

8. the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water

9. the ground on which people and animals move about

e.g. the fire spared the forest floor

10. the lower inside surface of any hollow structure

e.g. the floor of the pelvis
the floor of the cave

verb

1. knock down with force

e.g. He decked his opponent

Synonym: deckcoldcockdumpknock down

2. surprise greatly
knock someone's socks off

e.g. I was floored when I heard that I was promoted

Synonym: shockball overblow out of the watertake aback

1. 地面;地板
The floor of a room is the part of it that you walk on.

e.g. Jack's sitting on the floor watching TV...
杰克正坐在地板上看电视。
e.g. We painted the wooden floor with a white stain.
我们把木地板刷成了白色。

2. 层;楼层
A floor of a building is all the rooms that are on a particular level.

e.g. It is on the fifth floor of the hospital...
它位于医院的5层。
e.g. They occupied the first two floors of the tower.
他们占用了塔楼的头两层。

3. (海洋、山谷的)底部
The ocean floor is the ground at the bottom of an ocean. The valley floor is the ground at the bottom of a valley.

e.g. They spend hours feeding on the ocean floor.
它们花好几个小时在海底进食。
e.g. ...a two-hour climb from the valley floor.
从谷底向上攀登两个小时

4. 议事厅;(尤指)议员席
The place where official debates and discussions are held, especially between members of parliament, is referred to as the floor .

e.g. The issues were debated on the floor of the House.
这些问题在议院的议员席进行了讨论。

5. (辩论或讨论的)听众席
In a debate or discussion, the floor is the people who are listening to the arguments being put forward but who are not among the main speakers.

e.g. The president is taking questions from the floor.
总统正接受来自听众席的提问。

6. (证券)交易大厅，交易所
The floor of a stock exchange is the large open area where trading is done.

floor

e.g. ...the dealing floor at Standard Chartered Bank.
渣打银行的交易大厅

7. 舞池
The floor in a place such as a club or disco is the area where people dance.

8. 使困惑;使不知所措
If you are floored by something, you are unable to respond to it because you are so surprised by it.

e.g. He was floored by the announcement...
这个通告使他不知所措。
e.g. He seemed floored by a string of scandals.
他似乎被一连串的丑闻搞得茫然失措。

9. (尤指在拳击比赛中)打倒，击倒
If someone is floored, especially in boxing, they are hit so hard that they fall over.

e.g. He was floored twice in the second round.
在第二轮中他两次被打倒在地。

10. (在辩论或讨论中)发言/给予…发言权
If you take the floor, you start speaking in a debate or discussion. If you are given the floor, you are allowed to do this.

e.g. Ministers took the floor to denounce the decision to suspend constitutional rule...
几位部长发言谴责暂停宪制的决定。
e.g. Only members would be given the floor.
只有会员才拥有发言权。

11. 起舞;开始跳舞
If you take to the floor, you start dancing at a dance or disco.

e.g. The happy couple and their respective parents took to the floor.
这对幸福的新人和他们各自的父母在舞池中翩翩起舞。

12. (价格或销售)突然下滑，陡降
If you say that prices or sales have fallen through the floor, you mean that they have suddenly decreased.

e.g. Property prices have dropped through the floor...
房地产价格骤降。
e.g. Last year, sales went through the floor.
去年，销售突然下滑。

13. 彻底击败;完全打败
If you wipe the floor with someone, you defeat them completely in a competition or discussion.

e.g. He could wipe the floor with the Prime Minister.
他能彻底击败首相。

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