floor /flɔː/ CET4 TEM4 ( flooring, floored, floors )

• 1. 

  N-COUNT The floor of a room is the part of it that you walk on. 地板

  例：

  Jack's sitting on the floor watching TV.

  杰克正坐在地板上看电视。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A floor of a building is all the rooms that are on a particular level. 楼层

  例：

  The café was on the top floor of the hospital.

  咖啡馆在医院的顶层。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT The ocean floor is the ground at the bottom of an ocean. The valley floor is the ground at the bottom of a valley. (海洋、山谷等的) 底

  例：

  They spend hours feeding on the ocean floor.

  它们花几个小时在海底进食。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT The place where official debates and discussions are held, especially between members of a legislature, is referred to as the floor. 议政厅

  例：

  The issues were debated on the floor of the House.

  这些问题在众议院议政厅进行了辩论。

• 5. 

  N-SING-COLL 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. 与会者

  例：

  The president is taking questions from the floor.

  会议主席正在回答与会者提出的问题。

• 6. 

  V-T If you are floored by something, you are unable to respond to it because you are so surprised by it. (因惊讶而) 不知所措 [usu passive]

  例：

  He was floored by the announcement.

  他被这个通告震惊得不知所措。

• 7. 

  → see also floored, flooring, dance floor, first floor, ground floor, shop floor

• 8. 

  PHRASE If someone has the floor, they are the person who is speaking in a debate or discussion. 发言

  例：

  Since I have the floor for the moment, I want to go back to a previous point.

  借此发言的机会，我想回到前面的一个问题。

• 9. 

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

  例：

  The happy couple and their respective parents took to the floor.

  那幸福的一对和他们各自的父母开始跳起舞来。

• 10. 

  PHRASE If you wipe the floor with someone, you defeat them completely in a competition or discussion. 彻底击败 [非正式]

  例：

  He could wipe the floor with the opposition.

  他能彻底击败反对派。