flat

英 [flæt] 美[flæt]

近义词off-key smooth horizontal even level apartment lifeless

反义词

adj. 平的；单调的；不景气的；干脆的；平坦的；扁平的；浅的
adv. （尤指贴着另一表面）平直地；断然地；水平地；直接地，完全地
n. 平地；公寓；平面
vt. 使变平；[音乐]使（音调）下降，尤指降半音
vi. 逐渐变平；[音乐]以降调唱（或奏）
n. （法）弗拉特（人名）；（英）弗莱特（人名）

CET4考研CET6中高频词基本词汇

词态变化

复数: flats;第三人称单数: flats;过去式: flatted;过去分词: flatted;现在分词: flatting;比较级: flatter;最高级: flattest;名词: flatness;

中文词源

flat 平的，小套间

来自PIE*pele, 平的。词源同plan, plane. 引申词义套间，公寓。

英英释意

1. a level tract of land

2. a shallow box in which seedlings are started

3. a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named

4. freight car without permanent sides or roof

5. a deflated pneumatic tire

6. scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting

7. a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

英文词源

flat: flat: [14] The Old English word for ‘flat’ was efen ‘even’, and flat was not acquired until Middle English times, from Old Norse flatr. This came from a prehistoric Germanic *flataz, source also of German platt ‘flat’. And *flataz probably goes back to an Indo-European *pelə -, *plā-, denoting ‘spread out flat’, from which came Sanskrit prthūs ‘broad’, Greek platūs ‘broad’ (source of English place, plaice, plane [the tree], and platypus), Latin plānus ‘flat’ (whence English plane and plain ‘unadorned’), and also English place, plaice, plant, and flan. Flat ‘single-storey dwelling’ [19] is ultimately the same word, but it has a more circuitous history.

It is an alteration (inspired no doubt by the adjective flat) of a now obsolete Scottish word flet ‘interior of a house’, which came from a prehistoric Germanic *flatjam ‘flat surface, floor’, a derivative of the same source (*flataz) as produced the adjective.
=> flan, flatter, floor, place, plaice, plane, platypus
flat (adj.): c. 1300, "stretched out (on a surface), prostrate, lying the whole length on the ground;" mid-14c., "level, all in one plane; even, smooth;" of a roof, "low-pitched," from Old Norse flatr "flat," from Proto-Germanic *flata- (cognates: Old Saxon flat "flat, shallow," Old High German flaz "flat, level," Old English flet (for which see flat (n.)), Old High German flezzi "floor"), from PIE *plat- "to spread" (source of Greek platys "broad, flat;" see plaice (n.)). From c. 1400 as "without curvature or projection."

Sense of "prosaic, dull" is from 1570s, on the notion of "featureless, lacking contrast." Used of drink from c. 1600; of musical notes from 1590s, because the tone is "lower" than a given or intended pitch; of women's bosoms by 1864. Flat tire or flat tyre is from 1908. Flat-screen (adj.) in reference to television is from 1969 as a potential technology. Flat-earth (adj.) in reference to refusal to accept evidence of a global earth, is from 1876.
flat (n.): 1801, "a story of a house," from Scottish flat "floor or story of a house," from Old English flett "a dwelling; floor, ground," from the same source as flat (adj.). Meaning "floor or part of a floor set up as an apartment" is from 1824. Directly from flat (adj.) come the senses "level ground near water" (late 13c.); "a flat surface, the flat part of anything" (1374), and "low shoe" (1834).
flat (adv.): 1550s, "absolutely, downright;" 1570s, "plainly, positively," from flat (adj.). Flat-out (adv.) "openly, directly" is from 1932, originally in motor racing, picked up in World War II by the airmen; earlier it was a noun meaning "total failure" (1870, U.S. colloquial).
flat (v.): c. 1600, "to lay flat;" 1670s in music, from flat (adj.). Related: Flatted; flatting.

同义词辨析

even, flat, level, smooth

这些形容词都有"平的，平坦的"之意。

even：通常指平面上的各点或一条直线的各点处在同一平面或直线上。

flat：指光滑平整的表面，但不一定是水平的。

level：强调没有高低之处，且在同一水平面，可引申指才能相等或与相邻某物平行。

smooth：侧重指表面十分平滑，无任何粗糙的感觉。引申作圆滑解。

考试真题

Each member volunteered to clean up and to dig in plot, five flats of flowers.

Let me check who would be living with you in your flat.

When interviewed Keith porter of the southport beach said, our beach is so flat that it's very common for the tide come around the back of people and cut them off from the beach.

And the survey found flat demand for fitness monitors, smart thermostats ( ' , 恒温器 ) and connected home cameras, as well.

Its sheer rock sides sweep up from a broad base until they cut off abruptly at the flat summit.

The driver stops the car on a flat platform and gets out.

She injured her spine in a fall and a doctor told her to lie flat on her back for a month so it can mend.

Last year, MATTEL also gave Barbie a flat foot rather than forcing her to be in heels all the time like the original Barbie is.

The report finds more than a quarter of the countries experienced flat or falling monthly wages in real terms.

They cut it themselves into very thin slices with a long flat knife.

Good morning, I'm one of the students who rented your flat.

How did the students know about the flat?

Imagine you are a student and you share a flat with another student who you think isn't doing her share of the housework.

Some animals are simply very small or extremely flat.

We all assumed there would be one in the flat when we moved in, because that's what we read from the advertisement in the newspaper.

Now he's living in a council flat and fielding offers from literary agents.

Yet rather than empowering teachers to find what works best for their students, the policy imposes a flat, across-the-board rule.

词组搭配

fall flat

fail completely to produce the intended or expected effect

完全失败，完全未达到预期效果

his jokes fell flat.
他的笑话都没有达到预期效果。

fall flat on one's face

fall over forwards

向前跌倒

(as) flat as a pancake

flat out

as fast or as hard as possible

尽可能快；尽最大努力，竭尽全力

the whole team is working flat out to satisfy demand.
整个团队正竭尽全力来满足需求。
[as adj. flat-out]the album lacks the flat-out urgency of its predecessor.
这张专辑不像上一张那样迫在眉睫。

(informal, chiefly N. Amer.)without hesitation or reservation; unequivocally

(非正式，主北美)毅然地，果断地；毫无保留地；毫不含糊地

in those early days I'd just flat out vote against foreign aid.
开始的那几天我只会毫不含糊地投票反对外来援助。
[as adj. flat-out]flat-out perjury.
毋庸置疑的伪证。

lying completely stretched out, especially asleep or exhausted

（尤指熟睡或疲惫时）四肢摊开

she was lying flat out on her pink bath towel.
她舒展全身，躺在粉红色的浴巾上。

on the flat

on level ground as opposed to uphill

在平地上

the car wouldn't go uphill or overtake on the flat.
这辆车既不会爬坡上坎，也不会平地超车。

that's flat

(informal)used to indicate that one has reached a decision and will not be persuaded to change one's mind

(非正式)就这么简单（用来表示作了决定而且不会改弦更张）

he won't go into a home and that's flat.
他不愿成家，就这么简单。

go flatting

(Austral./NZ)leave one's family home to live in a flat

(澳／新西兰)离家租公寓住

in my third year I left home and went flatting with David.
三年级的时候我离开家，和大卫合租了一套公寓。

实用场景例句

...Schubert's B flat Piano Trio (Opus 99).: 舒伯特降 B 调钢琴三重奏(第 99 号作品)

Her voice was flat, with no question or hope in it.: 她的声音平淡，听不出疑虑也感觉不到希望。

'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。

It is a long time since a party leader delivered such a dreadfully flat speech as he did yesterday.: 很久没有政党领导人像他昨天那样作如此枯燥无聊的演讲了。

The past few days have seemed comparatively flat and empty...: 过去这几天似乎比较平淡无聊。

Sometimes there's a flat fee for carrying out a particular task...: 有时执行某项特定的任务有固定的价码。

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。

For the country overall, house prices have remained flat.: 从全国来说，房屋价格没有多大变化。

The condition of flat feet runs in families.: 平足会在家族中遗传。

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。

She is likely to give you a flat refusal.: 她很可能会断然拒绝你。

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。

I had it all explained to me in two minutes flat.: 短短两分钟内，我让人把一切都给我解释了一下。

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。

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。

Could this really stop the champagne from going flat?: 这真的能让香槟不走气吗？

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。

The landscape became wider, flatter and very scenic...: 地势变得更开阔、更平整，风景十分优美。

The salt marshes and mud flats attract large numbers of waterfowl.: 盐碱地和泥滩吸引了大量水鸟。

He slammed the counter with the flat of his hand.: 他用手掌使劲拍打着柜台。

...eight cloves of garlic crushed with the flat of a knife.: 用刀面拍碎的 8 粒蒜瓣

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。

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。

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。

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。

It started a fire in a block of flats...: 大火是从一幢公寓大楼烧起的。

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。

After a moment his right hand moved across the cloth, smoothing it flat...: 过了一会儿，他用右手把布抹平。

Two men near him threw themselves flat...: 他身旁的两个男人直挺挺趴倒在地上。

As heartburn is usually worse when you're lying down in bed, you should avoid lying flat.: 通常躺着的时候胃灼热会更加厉害，所以应当避免平卧。