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- adj.平的;扁平的;水平的;平滑的;平淡的;瘪了的;断然的;不景气的;枯燥的;降音的;色彩单调的;走了气的;电用完了的;低于标准音高的
- n.公寓;(尤指水边的)平地;(某物的)平面部分;一套房间;降半音;低洼地;瘪了的轮胎;单元房;平面布景;无障碍平地赛马季节
- adv.断然;直截了当地;(尤指贴着另一表面)平躺地;低于标准音高
- vi.合住公寓
复数： flats 最高级： flattest 比较级： flatter 派生词： flatness n. 过去式： flatted 现在分词： flatting 过去分词： flatted 第三人称单数： flats
flatadj.
平 level
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。
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。
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。
不高 not high
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
枯燥 dull
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。
嗓音 voice
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。
颜色；图画 colours/pictures
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。
商业 business
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。
拒绝；否认 refusal/denial
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.
他对一名记者提问直截了当地答复“不！”
音乐 in music
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。
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。
饮料 drink
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。
电池 battery
电用完了的
unable to supply any more electricity
轮胎 tyre
瘪了的；撒了气的
not containing enough air, usually because of a hole
足 feet
扁平的；足弓平坦的
with no natural raised curves underneath
that is my final decision and I will not change my mind
你不能去，就这样！
You can't go and that's flat!
completely flat
in bed because you are ill/sick
她卧病有一个多星期了。
She's been flat on her back for over a week now.
The UK market was flat on its back (= business was very bad) .
（当时）英国的市场十分不景气。
very confused, worried or excited
她的辞职令同事们摸不着头脑。
Her resignation put her colleagues in a spin.
noun
房间 rooms
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。
平面部分 level part
（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
土地 land
（尤指水边的）平地；低洼地
an area of low flat land, especially near water
salt flats
盐滩
赛马 horse racing
无障碍平地赛马季节
the season for racing horses on flat ground with no jumps
音乐 in music
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。
轮胎 tyre
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.
我们不得不停车修一下撒了气的轮胎。
剧院 in theatre
平面布景；布景屏
a vertical section of scenery used on a theatre stage
鞋 shoes
on level ground, without hills or jumps (= for example in horse racing)
adv.
水平地 level
（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。
拒绝；否认 refusing/denying
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建议，但是他们断然拒绝了。
音乐 in music
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。
if a joke, a story, or an event falls flat , it completely fails to amuse people or to have the effect that was intended
completely broke
used with an expression of time to say that sth happened or was done very quickly, in no more than the time stated
他们仅用三分钟就换了轮胎。
They changed the wheel in three minutes flat (= in exactly three minutes) .
verb
V住公寓；合住公寓
to live in or share a flat/apartment
My sister Zoe flats in Auckland.
我妹妹佐伊住在奥克兰的一栋公寓里。
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N-COUNT (一间)公寓;(一套)单元房
A flat is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor and part of a larger building. A flat usually includes a kitchen and bathroom.Sara lives with her husband and children in a flat in central London...
萨拉和丈夫还有孩子们住在伦敦中心城区的一间公寓里。
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ADJ-GRADED 平的;平展的;平滑的
Something that is flat is level, smooth, or even, rather than sloping, curved, or uneven.Tiles can be fixed to any surface as long as it's flat, firm and dry...
只要表面平整、坚固而且干燥，瓷砖就可以贴住。
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ADJ 水平的;非竖直的
Flat means horizontal and not upright.Two men near him threw themselves flat...
他身旁的两个男人直挺挺趴倒在地上。
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ADJ-GRADED 浅的;不深的;矮的;扁的
A flat object is not very tall or deep in relation to its length and width.Ellen is walking down the drive with a square flat box balanced on one hand.
埃伦正一手托着一个方形的扁盒子沿私人车道走着。
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ADJ-GRADED (地势)平的，平坦的，无起伏的
Flat land is level, with no high hills or other raised parts.To the north lie the flat and fertile farmlands of the Solway plain...
北边是索尔韦平原平坦而肥沃的农田。
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Notice the flatness and the rich, red earth.
注意那平坦的地势和肥沃的红土地。
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N-COUNT 平地;(尤指)低洼地，浅滩
A low flat area of uncultivated land, especially an area where the ground is soft and wet, can be referred to as flats or a flat .The salt marshes and mud flats attract large numbers of waterfowl.
盐碱地和泥滩吸引了大量水鸟。
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N-COUNT 平面;平坦部分
You can refer to one of the broad flat surfaces of an object as the flat of that object.He slammed the counter with the flat of his hand.
他用手掌使劲拍打着柜台。
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ADJ-GRADED (鞋)平跟的，平底的
Flat shoes have no heels or very low heels.People wear slacks, sweaters, flat shoes, and all manner of casual attire for travel.
人们穿着宽松的长裤、运动衫、平底鞋和各式适合旅行的休闲服装。
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ADJ-GRADED (轮胎、球、气球等)瘪的，没气的
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N-COUNT 瘪了的轮胎
A flat is a tyre that does not have enough air in it.Then, after I finally got back on the highway, I developed a flat.
后来，我终于回到公路上后，车胎又瘪了。
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ADJ-GRADED (饮料)无泡的，走了气的
A drink that is flat is no longer fizzy.Could this really stop the champagne from going flat?
这真的能让香槟不走气吗？
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ADJ-GRADED (电池)没电的，电耗光的，电不足的
A flat battery has lost some or all of its electrical charge.His car alarm had been going off for two days and, as a result, the battery was flat.
他的汽车报警器连着响了两天，结果电池耗没电了。
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ADJ-GRADED (扁)平足的
If you have flat feet, the arches of your feet are too low.The condition of flat feet runs in families.
平足会在家族中遗传。
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ADJ (拒绝或否认)断然的，坚决的
A flat denial or refusal is definite and firm, and is unlikely to be changed.The Foreign Ministry has issued a flat denial of any involvement...
外交部已经坚决否认参与过此事。
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Michael flatly denied virtually every rumour...
迈克尔几乎对每个传闻都坚决否认。
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ADJ 飞速的;短短的
If you say that something happened, for example, in ten seconds flat or ten minutes flat, you are emphasizing that it happened surprisingly quickly and only took ten seconds or ten minutes.You're sitting behind an engine that'll move you from 0 to 60mph in six seconds flat...
您面前的引擎，可以在短短 6 秒钟内速度从 0 提升至每小时 60 英里。
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ADJ (比率、价格或百分比)固定的，统一的
A flat rate, price, or percentage is one that is fixed and which applies in every situation.Fees are charged at a flat rate, rather than on a percentage basis...
费用按固定价格收取，而不是基于百分比收取。
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ADJ-GRADED (贸易或商业)停滞的，不景气的
If trade or business is flat, it is slow and inactive, rather than busy and improving or increasing.During the first eight months of this year, sales of big pickups were up 14% while car sales stayed flat...
今年前 8 个月，大型货车的销售量增加了 14％，而小轿车的销售仍然不景气。
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ADJ-GRADED 枯燥的;无趣的;乏味的
If you describe something as flat, you mean that it is dull and not exciting or interesting.The past few days have seemed comparatively flat and empty...
过去这几天似乎比较平淡无聊。
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Kenworthy detected a certain flatness in the days that followed.
肯沃西在接下来的几天中感到有些平淡无趣。
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ADJ-GRADED (嗓音)平淡的，单调的
You use flat to describe someone's voice when they are saying something without expressing any emotion.'Whatever you say,' he said in a deadly flat voice. 'I'll sit here and wait.'...
“不管你说什么，我都会坐在这里等。”他用一种极为平淡的声音说道。
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'I know you,' he said flatly, matter-of-fact, neutral in tone.
“我认识你。”他平淡地说道，就事论事，不带任何感情。
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ADJ (用于表示音符的字母后)降半音的，降音的
Flat is used after a letter representing a musical note to show that the note should be played or sung half a tone lower than the note which otherwise matches that letter. Flat is often represented by the symbol after the letter....Schubert's B flat Piano Trio (Opus 99).
舒伯特降 B 调钢琴三重奏(第 99 号作品)
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ADV-GRADED (演唱或乐器)比标准音低的，音偏低的
If someone sings flat or if a musical instrument is flat, their singing or the instrument is slightly lower in pitch than it should be.Her vocal range was, to say the least of it, limited, and she had a distressing tendency to sing flat.
至少可以说，她的音域不够宽，而且令人不舒服的是，她总是音高偏低。
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PHRASE 非常平坦的;完全平展的
If you say that something is as flat as a pancake, you are emphasizing that it is completely flat.My home state of Illinois is flat as a pancake...
我的故乡伊利诺伊州一马平川。
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PHRASE 摔倒;跌倒
If you fall flat on your face, you fall over.A man walked in off the street and fell flat on his face, unconscious.
一个男人从街上走进来，趴倒在地，不省人事。
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PHRASE 失败;不成功
If an event or attempt falls flat or falls flat on its face, it is unsuccessful.Liz meant it as a joke but it fell flat...
利兹本想开个玩笑，结果却没有达到效果。
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PHRASE 一文不名;身无分文;一贫如洗
If you say that you are flat broke, you mean that you have no money at all.Two years later he is flat broke and on the dole.
两年后，他一贫如洗，靠失业救济金生活。
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PHRASE 全速;全力以赴;竭尽全力
If you do something flat out, you do it as fast or as hard as you can.Everyone is working flat out to try to trap those responsible...
每个人都在全力以赴，设法捉住那些罪魁祸首。
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PHRASE 完完全全的;确确实实的
You use flat out to emphasize that something is completely the case.That allegation is a flat-out lie...
那项指控是彻头彻尾的谎言。
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PHRASE 在平地上
On the flat means on level ground.He had angina and was unable to walk for more than 200 yards on the flat.
他患有心绞痛，在平地上最多能走 200 码。
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noun
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- a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
- Synonym: apartment
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- scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas;part of a stage setting
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- a deflated pneumatic tire
- Synonym: flat tire
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- a shallow box in which seedlings are started
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- freight car without permanent sides or roof
- Synonym: flatcar flatbed
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- a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
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- a level tract of land
- the salt flats of Utah
adj
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- commercially inactive
- flat sales for the month
- prices remained flat
- a flat market
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- not reflecting light;not glossy
- flat wall paint
- a photograph with a matte finish
- Synonym: mat matt matte matted
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- having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
- flat computer monitors
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- lacking the expected range or depth;not designed to give an illusion or depth
- a film with two-dimensional characters
- a flat two-dimensional painting
- Synonym: two-dimensional 2-dimensional
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- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- a flat desk
- acres of level farmland
- a plane surface
- skirts sewn with fine flat seams
- Synonym: level plane
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- lacking contrast or shading between tones
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- horizontally level
- a flat roof
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- stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
- found himself lying flat on the floor
- Synonym: prostrate
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- sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
- the owl's faint monotonous hooting
- Synonym: monotone monotonic monotonous
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- (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
- B flat
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- not modified or restricted by reservations
- a categorical denial
- a flat refusal
- Synonym: categoric categorical unconditional
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- having lost effervescence
- flat beer
- a flat cola
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- lacking stimulating characteristics;uninteresting
- a bland little drama
- a flat joke
- Synonym: bland
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- lacking taste or flavor or tang
- a bland diet
- insipid hospital food
- flavorless supermarket tomatoes
- vapid beer
- vapid tea
- Synonym: bland flavorless flavourless insipid savorless savourless vapid
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- flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
- Synonym: compressed
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- in a forthright manner;candidly or frankly
- he didn't answer directly
- told me straight out
- came out flat for less work and more pay
- Synonym: directly straight
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- with flat sails
- sail flat against the wind
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People used to think the earth was flat .
人们曾经认为地球是平的。
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People used to believe the earth was flat .
人们一度认为地球是平的。
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We 'll need a flat surface to play the game on .
我们得有个平面才能玩这个游戏。
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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。
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I need a flat surface to write on .
我需要一个平面在上面写字。
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Interest is charged at a flat rate of 11 % .
利息按标准比率11%收取。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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The housing market has been flat for months .
房屋市场已有好几个月处于低迷状态。
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You can 't go and that 's flat !
你不能去，就这样！
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I made them a reasonable offer but they turned it down flat .
我向他们提出一个合理建议，但是他们断然拒绝了。
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They changed the wheel in three minutes flat .
他们仅用三分钟就换了轮胎。
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Children from the flats across the street were playing outside .
街对面公寓楼里的儿童正在户外玩耍。
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They set up house together in a small flat in Brighton .
他们一同在布赖顿的一个小公寓里安了家。
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Many large old houses have been converted into flats .
许多大的老房子已改建成单元房。
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Press the soil flat with the back of a spade .
用铁锹背面把土拍平。
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He gave a flat ' No ! ' to one reporter 's question .
他对一名记者提问直截了当地答复“不！”
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He beat on the door with the flat of his hand .
他用手掌打门。
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Place the material on a flat surface , shiny side uppermost .
把材料放在平面上，有光的一面朝上。
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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。
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She laid the book flat and opened it up .
她把书放平翻开。
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I 'm looking for a flat share .
我想找一套合租公寓。
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The high notes were slightly flat .
这些高音略为偏低。
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The road stretched ahead across the flat landscape .
公路向前延伸，经过一片平坦的地。
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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。
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The flat is very central ─ just five minutes from Princes Street .
这套公寓位于市中心，去王子街只需要五分钟。
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We had to stop to fix a flat .
我们不得不停车修一下撒了气的轮胎。
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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。
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He dampened his hair to make it lie flat .
他把头发弄湿，梳得平平的。
指同一楼层的公寓套房，面积较大而且价格较贵；复数形式常指提供给重要人物居住的大房间。
My uncle moved into a three-room apartment.
我叔叔搬进了一套带有3个房间的公寓房。
I rent an apartment during my vacations.
度假期间我租房住。
He has never been in the presidential apartments before.
他以前从未到过总统套间。
指楼房中的一套单元房，有客厅、厨房、卫生间等。
I live in a three-bedroom flat.
我住在一套带三间卧室的公寓。
She lives in the top flat.
她住在顶层的单元房中。
尤指豪华的套间。
The honeymoon suite cost them 300,000 dollars.
蜜月套房花了他们30万美元。
Suites are for the rich.
豪华套间是供富人住的。
指平坦没有倾斜的；也指两事物齐平的，常后接介词 with。
The floor is quite level.
这地板很平。
The city was built on a level terrain.
该市建于平坦之地。
Your eyes should be level with the top of the picture.
眼睛应该与画的上端齐平。
指表面平整无凸起的。
Try to make the top of the hedge even.
尽量把篱笆顶部弄平整。
The road is not even.
这条路不平坦。
指表面平滑的，无凹凸、倾斜或弯曲之处，但不一定是水平的。
The earth is round but not flat.
地球是圆的，而不是扁平的。
Work on a clean, flat surface.
在干净、平整的桌面上工作。
指与地平线平行的。
a horizontal instrument/surface
水平仪/面
The vertical line meets the horizontal one here.
垂直线与水平线在此相交。
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