floor /ˈflor, ˈflɔr/
 基底地板,樓層,底部,底價(vt.)鋪地板,打倒


 floor /ˈflo(ə)r, ˈflɔ(ə)r/ 名詞
 地板,底(面),底部,落地式,地,下壁


 floor
 板 地板


 Floor n.
 1. The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.
 2. The structure formed of beams, girders, etc., with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into stories. Floor in sense 1 is, then, the upper surface of floor in sense 2.
 3. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.
 4. A story of a building. See Story.
 5. Legislative Assemblies (a) The part of the house assigned to the members. (b) The right to speak; as, the gentleman from Iowa has the floor. [U.S.]
 Note: ☞ Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of the house.
 6. Naut. That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
 7. Mining (a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. (b) A horizontal, flat ore body.
 Floor cloth, a heavy fabric, painted, varnished, or saturated, with waterproof material, for covering floors; oilcloth.
 Floor cramp, an implement for tightening the seams of floor boards before nailing them in position.
 Floor light, a frame with glass panes in a floor.
 Floor plan. (a) Shipbuilding A longitudinal section, showing a ship as divided at the water line. (b) Arch. A horizontal section, showing the thickness of the walls and partitions, arrangement of passages, apartments, and openings at the level of any floor of a house.


 Floor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Floored p. pr. & vb. n. Flooring.]
 1. To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.
 2. To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent.
    Floored or crushed by him.   --Coleridge.
 3. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination. [Colloq.]
    I've floored my little-go work.   --T. Hughes.

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 floor
      n 1: the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room or
           hallway); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"
           [syn: flooring]
      2: structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a
         single level of a multilevel building; "what level is the
         office on?" [syn: level, storey, story]
      3: a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor"
         [syn: base]
      4: the ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire
         spared the forest floor"
      5: the bottom surface of any a cave or lake etc.
      6: the occupants of a floor; "the whole floor complained about
         the lack of heat"
      7: the parliamentary right to address an assembly; "the
         chairman granted him the floor"
      8: the legislative hall where members debate and vote and
         conduct other business; "there was a motion from the
         floor"
      9: a large room in a stock exchange where the trading is done;
         "he is a floor trader" [syn: trading floor]
      v 1: surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored
           when I heard that I was promoted" [syn: shock, stun,
            ball over, blow out of the water, take aback]
      2: knock down with force; "He decked his opponent" [syn: deck,
          coldcock, dump, knock down]