stomach after having a baby.
Ffs St
bP «Bc
-7 o o The sails hung limply in
the flat calm (= conditions at sea when there is no wind and the
water is completely level). MXv&ft > MtlAcAli&li ft #0 2
(of land ±itk) without any slopes or hills -f-ig (ft: The road stretched
ahead across the flat landscape.
3
(ofsurfaces^®)
smooth and even; without
lumps or holes X ?# (ft :
I need a flat surface to write on.
77
o We found a large flat
rock to sit on. fSdifcT-* $
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NOT HIGH ft (Wj 4 broad
but not very high ft (ft : Chapattis
are a kind of flat Indian bread. * chapatti fk —
W0
0 flat
shoes
(= with no heels or very low ones) ft#!!$£; ftjfcH
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DULL ft j$: 5 dull; lacking interest or enthusiasm ft#
(ft ; ft 2. ft; If (ft : He felt very flat after his
friends had gone home, ft (ft JU1Mfl 0 Mfs, ft f >J ft57
MBo
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VOICE ft6
not showing much emotion; not changing much in tone fttjfc(ft; (ft: Her voice was flat and expressionless. ^(ftT^ft^Mft^o
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COLOURS/PICTURES M it ffl ® 7 very smooth, with no
contrast between light and dark,
and giving no impression of depth AcIx.lElft; Acrylic
paints can be used to create
large, flat blocks of colour. ®
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BUSINESS iff] 4k 8 not very successful because very little
is being sold ft jp: ft (ft ; The
housing market has been flat
for months. ^JtTfr^BTf
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REFUSAL/DENIAL ft ^ (A 9
[only before noun] not allowing discussion or argument; definite
$fr$£(ft;
(ft: Her request was met with aflat refusal. ft (ft if $fr ft » 0 He gave a flat ‘No!’
to one reporter’s question. H “*! ”
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IN MUSIC if 7 18
used after the name of a note to
mean a note a semitone/half tone lower (ft; -ftfrlTJ: That note should be B
flat, not B. ft
I#
B Mftft B |f0 — picture o music
mm sharp — compare natural
adj.{9)
11 below
the correct pitch (= how high or
low a note sounds)
(ft; fiHft (ft: The high notes were slightly flat, i=f
BfArflH&o
H2J
sharp
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DRINK ftft 12 no longer having bubbles in it; not fresh
ft 7 ft (ft; (ft: The soda was warm and
had gone
flat.&HMlaw, Bft7ft0
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FEET ft 15 with no natural
raised curves underneath !m 7 (ft; ft^TABlft — see
also flat-footed
► flat ness noun [U] Ifilfll and .that’s 'flat! (BrE, informal) that is my final
decision and I will not change my mind ft. tfc Ji § ft: You can’t go and
that’s flat! jfc 7 B
tfeft#! as .flat as a 'pancake completely flat %
ftXft — more at back n., spin n. mnoun
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ROOMS |h] 1 [C] {BrE) a set of rooms for living in,
including a kitchen, usually on
one floor of a building - if fe la]; ^7E : Do you live in a
flat or a
house? 0 They’re renting a
furnished flat on the third floor. ftCJjS.7
o a ground-floor flat
— —^ o a
new block of flats - fr il (ft ft 0 Many large old houses
have been converted into flats. B
ftilJ&Jp-TtAl-o 0 Children from the
flats
(= the block of flats) across the street were playing outside. ifjMWi'&'M — picture o page R23—
compare apartment
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LEVEL PART -f-ffifpft 2 [sing.] the ~ of sth
the flat level part of sth ( ^ (ft ) X If] nP ft: He beat on the door
with the flat of his hand. Wfa -7^ tT H o o the flat of a sword if!]®
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LAND ±ft 3
[C,
usually pi ] an area of low flat
land, especially near water ( At If/Jc ft (ft ) 7-ife; IS : salt flats — see also mudflat
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HORSE RACING f&B, 4 the
flat, the Flat [sing.] {BrE) the season for racing
horses on flat ground with no jumps
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IN MUSIC 4! 7 5 [C] a note played a semitone/half
tone lower than the note that is
named. The written symbol is ([>). |^7l=f; There are no sharps
or flats in the key of C
major. * C
7i)f
7^3 o mm sharp — compare natural n. (2)
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TYRE Hn ® lcl (especially NAmE) a tyre that has lost air, usually because
of a hole
We got aflat on the way home. 'h
fkfln MH M To owe had to
stop to fix a flat,
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IN THEATRE /4JIfl 7 [C] {technical Tfvig) a vertical
section of scenery used on a
theatre stage J:.; Zffjp;#
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SHOES ^ 8 flats [pi.] = flatties
fJiTTHI on the flat (Br£) on level ground, without hills or jumps
(= for example in horse racing) /HT-Jfe-t
madv. {comparative fiat-ter, no superlative)
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LEVEL /jc f itk 1 spread out in a level,
straight position,
especially against another surface
( X fa !£ # ^ ^
ffi ) T-ffllifo : Lie flat and breathe deeply. ^
0 They pressed
themselves flat against the tunnel wall as the train approached, /c$ B4ftfeCl If
miiim*
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REFUSING/DENYING ^ if 2 (Br£) {NAmE .flat 'out)
(1informal) in a definite and
direct way 1lII 7 ^
ffe: She told me flat she
would not speak to me again.
ol made them a
reasonable offer but they turned
it down flat.
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IN MUSIC ft 7 3 lower than the correct pitch (= how
high or low a note sounds)
{E£7^?f£i=f?!i: He sings flat all the
time. 7#0 mm sharp
imi fall 'flat if a joke, a story, or
an event falls flat, it completely fails to amuse people or to have the effect
that was intended (
fall flat on your 'face 1 to fall so that you are
lying on your front 2 to
fail
completely, usually causing
embarrassment (
His next television venture fell flat on its face. ij|7U(7. flat
broke {BrE also stony 'broke) {informal) completely broke flat
’out (informal) 1 as fast or as hard as
possible dk
f] Workers
are working flat out to meet the rise in
demand for new cars. XA
IE^Aj lAXti&XfK 2 {especially NAmE) in a definite and direct way; completely 7
^: I
told him flat out ‘No’. “X”
c 0 It’s a 30-year
mortgage we just flat out
can’t handle,
30 in ... 'flat {informal)
used with an expression of
time to say that sth happened or was done very quickly, in no more than the
time stated ( -^j£RXl0]#JisJi£37ff!,
% flMfc ) 7 • • •,
M 7 ■ • •, M: They changed the wheel in three minutes
flat
(= in exactly three minutes), ilk ill
m verb (-tt-) [V] {AustralE, NZE) to live in or share a flat/ apartment ft ^
; ft ft £ 'M : My sister Zoe flats in
flat-bed /'flaetbed/ noun 1 = flatbed scanner 2 (also .flatbed ‘truck,
.flatbed trailer) (especially NAmE) an