ground at the bottom of the
sea, a forest, etc. ( % # the ocean/valley/cave/
forest floor # / / P/Si;
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IN PARLIAMENT, ETC. Of 5 the floor [sing.] the part of a
building where discussions or debates are held, especially in a parliament; the
people who attend a discussion or debate iXMJft;
Opposition politicians registered their protest on the
floor of the House.
0 We will now take any
questions from the floor.
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AREA FOR WORK X*# \% 6 [C, usually sing.] an area in a
building that is used for a particular activity (
[*j
63 ) M ht
: on the floor of the Stock Exchange (= where trading takes
place)
— see also dance
floor, factory floor, shop floor
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FOR WAGES/PRICES X % ; $9 ifr 7 [C, usually sing.] the
lowest level allowed for wages or prices (
60 ) fifSM, Prices have gone through the floor
(= fallen to a very low level). —com
pare ceiling(2)
M get/be given/have the floor to get/be given/ have
the right to speak during a discussion or debate ( .hold the 'floor to speak
during a discussion or debate,
especially for a long time so that nobody else is able to say anything M.
) ’.take (to) the
'floor to start dancing on a dance floor ( )
Tf
: Couples took the floor
for the last dance of the evening. wipe/mop
the 'floor with sb (informal) to defeat sb
completely in an argument or a competition (
— E'&
FLOOR
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verb [VN]
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SURPRISE/CONFUSE #;-#g§ S 1 to surprise or confuse
sb so that they are not
sure what to say or do {j£ ;
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HIT ill 2 [usually passive] to
make sb fall down by
hitting them, especially in a
sport ( )
mi nm
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BUILDING/ROOM H ^ tl ; % |u] 3 [usually passive] to
provide a building or room with a floor
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BRITISH/AMERICAN gS/Ma^il
floor
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In BrE the floor of a building at street
level is the
ground floor, the one above it
is the first floor and the one below it is the basement, or lower ground floor
in a public building. i&®63f^
Jgni] ground floor, Xffi—Jgoi[
first floor, Tt§f~*J!l ot| basement lower
ground floor0
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In NAmE the floor at street level is usually
called the
first floor, the one above it
is the second floor and the one below it is the basement. In public buildings
the floor at street level can also be called the ground floor. IMlft-MilM
first floor, ± ®—M second floor, Tffi—jgni)
basement0
ground floor0 o
note at storey
floorboard /‘floiboid; NAmE Tbirboird/ noun 1 a long flat piece of
wood in a wooden floor ;fc Jjfr ^ : bare/polished
floorboards ^® / 3=TT2 [usually sing.] (NAmE)
= floor(2): a car floorboard 0
He had his foot to the floorboard (= was going very
fast).
floorcloth /'floiklnG; NAmE 'fb:rkb:0/ noun (BrE) a cloth for cleaning
floors
flooring /'fbiriri/ noun [U] material used to
make the floor of a room vinyl/wooden
flooring / Xftkfe 0 kitchen/bathroom flooring
'floor lamp noun = standard lamp
SYNONYMS iftHWf floor
ground * land ♦
earth ♦soil
These
are all words for the surface that you walk on.
floor the surface of a room
that you walk on ftkfe, : She was sitting on the floor watching TV.
sftMtttm
ground (often the ground) the
solid surface of the earth that you walk on ( the ground )
,
fife®: / found her lying on the ground.
o o The rocket crashed a few seconds after it left the ground, ikmjfmmjwmmmj
0 land the surface of the earth that is not sea fzife: It was good to be back on dry land again. ® gij fel&.ii Jl£Fo o They fought both
at sea and on land.
earth (often the earth) the solid surface of the world that is made of rock,
soil, sand, etc. ( ## the earth ) flMci&v Pftitfe, ffeffi: You could feel the earth shake as the truck came closer. -jc$
JfjgB'jj-fg&'s&fiJJtk® f£ m&o
GROUND, LAND OR EARTH? ground,
land earth?
Ground is
the normal word for the solid surface that you walk on when you are not in a
building or vehicle. You can use earth if you want to draw
attention to the rock, soil etc. that the ground is
made of, but ground can
also be used in any of these examples. Land is only used when you
want to contrast it with the sea. * ground *j®jm MM
earthy, Xxt
ground ^Rj^XlltXo land -the
land beneath-our feet o feel the land shake o sight ground/earth o travel by
ground/earth soil (literary) a country; an area of land ^
±,
±i&: It was the first time I had set foot on American soil. (MB
This
meaning of soil is
almost always used in the phrase on African/British/Indian, etc. soil, meaning ‘in
Africa/Britain/India, etc.’ * soil fflf on African/British/Indian soil
«/^a/ep^o
PATTERNS
AND COLLOCATIONS
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under the
floor/ground/earth
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on the
floor/ground/earth
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bare floor/ground/earth
*
to drop to/fall to/hit the floor/the
ground/(the) earth
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to reach the floor/the ground/land
'floor manager noun the person
responsible for the lighting and other technical arrangements for a television
production ( ffe}!E1ir@63 )
'floor
plan noun (technical t^t§)
a drawing of the shape of a room or building, as seen from above, showing the
position of the furniture, etc. HJgXfflBS 'floor show noun a series of performances by singers, dancers, etc. at
a restaurant or club ( tt isle ^
63)
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floozy (also floozie) /’fluizi/ noun (p/.-ies) {old-fashioned,
informal,
disapproving) a woman who has sexual relationships with
many different men ^$3 flop /flop; NAmE
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verb (pp ) [V] 1 ~ into/on sth | ~ (down/back) to sit or lie down in
a heavy and sudden way because you are very tired ( @ & M
® ) S Jfe T :
Exhausted, he flopped down into a chair, ffe 16
2 [+adv./prep.] to fall, move or hang