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flat
13 ENTRIES FOUND:
flatter; flattest
flatter; flattest
Learner's definition of FLAT
1
: having a smooth, level, or even surface : not having curves or bumps平的；平坦的
- flat ground平地
- the flat top of the table平的桌面
- the flat landscape of the prairie平坦的草原地形
- a flat stomach平坦的腹部
- a flat wall平坦的墙壁
2
: having a wide, smooth surface and little thickness扁平的
- Coins are usually round and flat.硬币通常都是扁圆形的。
- small, flat computer disks小而扁平的计算机磁盘
- a flat piece of wood一块木板
3
of a shoe heel : very low and wide（鞋后跟）矮宽的
- flat heels平跟
also of a shoe : having a flat heel or no heel（鞋）平跟的，平底的
- wearing flat shoes穿平跟鞋
4
: spread out on or along a surface平伸的；平躺的；平趴的
- The soldiers were lying flat on the ground.士兵们趴在地上。
- He was (lying) flat on his back.他仰面平躺着。
5
: very clear and definite : absolute断然的；直截了当的
- a flat refusal断然拒绝
- His comments were a flat contradiction of his sister's statement.他的意见与他姐姐的说法截然相反。
◊ In British English the expression and that's flat! is used to stress that a statement or decision is definite and will not be changed.（英国英语）断然无疑，就这样决定了
- I'm not going to do it and that's flat! [=and that's that]我不会干这事的，就这样！
6
a : not changing in amount数量不变的；统一的；固定的
- They charged a flat rate for their services.他们的各项服务都按统一标准收费。
- a flat [=fixed] fee固定的费用
- Ticket sales have been/remained flat. [=have not increased or decreased]门票销售收入一直/保持不变。
- flat profits固定的利润
- a flat tax [=a tax that is paid at the same rate by everyone]统一税
b : not having much business activity生意冷淡的；不景气的；萧条的
- The market is very flat for this time of year.每年这个时候市场都很萧条。
7
: not having much interest or energy : dull平淡的；无聊的
- flat writing枯燥乏味的文笔
- a flat performance平淡无奇的表演
- He spoke in a flat, tired voice.他讲话的声音平淡而疲惫。
8
of a drink : no longer having bubbles（饮料）跑了气的，无泡的
- This beer is flat. = This beer has gone flat.这啤酒跑了气了。
- flat ginger ale跑了气的姜汁汽水
- flat champagne跑了气的香槟酒
9
of a tire : not having enough air（轮胎）瘪的，气不足的
- I got a flat tire from a nail in the street.我的车轮在街上被钉子扎瘪了。
- The tire was (slightly) flat.轮胎（稍微）瘪了。
11
of lighting conditions : not producing strong shadows（灯光照明）明暗对比不明显的，轮廓不清的
- a portrait taken in flat lighting明暗对比不明显的照片
12
: not shiny无光泽的
- flat paint平光漆
13
British, of a battery : no longer producing electricity : dead（电池）电用完了的，无电的
- The battery has gone flat. [=(US) the battery is dead; the battery has died]电池没电了。
(as) flat as a pancake
informal : very flat非常平的
- The land there is as flat as a pancake.那里的地势非常平坦。
- The tire was flat as a pancake.这个轮胎一点气都没有了。
— flatly
adverb- He flatly refuses to talk about it.他断然拒绝谈论这个问题。
- Lay the map flatly on the desk.将地图平铺在书桌上。
- She has flatly denied the accusations.她坚决否认这些指控。
— flatness
noun [noncount] 2 flat /ˈflæt/ noun
plural flats
2 flat
/ˈflæt/
noun
plural flats
Learner's definition of FLAT
[count]
1
: a level area of land平地 — usually plural通常用复数
- salt flats盐碱滩
- tidal flats潮滩
2
: a flat part or surface平面；扁平部分
- the flat of your hand你的手掌
- the flat of a sword剑面
4
US : a shallow box in which young plants are grown（栽培秧苗的）浅箱，苗床
5
chiefly US : a shoe or slipper that has a flat heel or no heel平底鞋；低跟鞋— usually plural通常用复数
- She wore a casual dress and flats to the show.她穿着休闲装和平底鞋去看演出。
6
chiefly British : an apartment typically on one floor（通常在同一楼层的）套房，公寓 — compare apartment
- They moved out of their old flat.他们从旧公寓搬了出来。
7
: a tire that does not have enough air撒了气的轮胎
- I drove over a nail and got a flat.我开车时扎了一颗钉子，轮胎瘪了。
- fix a flat修补撒了气的轮胎
3 flat /ˈflæt/ adverb
3 flat
/ˈflæt/
adverb
Learner's definition of FLAT
1
a : on or against a flat surface平放地；平铺地
- Lay the map flat on the desk.将地图平铺在书桌上。
b : in the position of someone or something that is lying spread out on the ground or another surface平直地；平伸地
- He slipped and landed/fell flat on his back/face.他跌了一跤，仰面朝天/脸朝下平直摔倒在地上。
2
: exactly or precisely正好 — used to describe something that happens quickly形容迅速发生的事情
- He got there in two minutes flat.他到达那里只用了两分钟整。
- in 10 seconds flat仅仅10秒钟
- She finished her homework in nothing flat. [=in no time at all; very quickly]她一眨眼工夫就做完了作业。
3
informal : completely or absolutely完全；断然 — see also flat out
- We asked for more time but they turned us down flat.我们要求多给些时间，但他们断然拒绝了。
- (US) If you ask me, what they're doing is flat wrong.要我说，他们现在做的事完全不对。
- I'm flat broke. [=I have no money]我身无分文。
4
fall flat
flatter; flattest
7
a
: lacking in animation, zest, or vigor : dull
b
: lacking flavor : tasteless
e
of a tire : lacking air : deflated
f
chiefly British, of a battery : dead sense 3c, discharged
8
a(1)
of a tone : lowered a half step in pitch
(2)
: lower than the proper pitch
b
of the vowel a : pronounced as in bad or bat
9
a
: having a low trajectory (see trajectory sense 1)
b
of a tennis stroke : made so as to give little or no spin to the ball
12
b
: having little or no illusion of depth
c
of a photograph or negative : lacking contrast
d
of lighting conditions : lacking shadows or contours
3
a
: a musical note or tone one half step lower than a specified note or tone
b
: a character ♭ on a line or space of the musical staff indicating a half step drop in pitch
flatted; flatting
: to sing or play below the true pitch
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Adjective the flat top of the table the flat landscape of the prairie Coins are usually round and flat. a flat piece of wood Noun the flat of your hand the flat of a sword Adverb Lay the map flat on the desk. He slipped and landed flat on his back. We asked for more time but they turned us down flat. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Lauren Hertz, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2022 In exchange for keeping their entire commission, La Rosa agents pay a flat transaction fee for every sale, along with a monthly fee. Tim Barker, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2022 Instead of charging a flat monthly fee, users can choose between $10, $20 and $30 tiers, each that come with a certain number of credits that can be spent on movies. Marisa Dellatto, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022 Relying on one risks your own safety and damage to your vehicle, and could leave you stranded due to a problem as simple as a flat tire. Wes Siler, Outside Online, 24 Aug. 2022 Officers located the suspect vehicle, which had a flat tire, at the Speedway on Detroit Road at Bradley Road. Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2022 On a very hot day in 1995, Matt Pettigrew and his sister, Ann, were birding along a desolate dirt road in southeastern Arizona’s Huachuca Mountains when their rental car got a flat tire. John Kelly, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022 There is so little weight on the front end that the car can be driven to a service station without damaging a flat front tire. Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2022 Already multiple laps down after a Lap 24 incident that gave him a flat right-front tire, Kyle Larson suffered what appeared to be a brake failure on Lap 61 in a scary incident that was nearly much, much worse. Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 31 July 2022 Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 19 Sep. 2022 Alice and Amy bought a £505,000 two-bedroom flat in Walthamstow last year on the Help to Buy scheme. Lydia Spencer-elliot, refinery29.com, 25 Apr. 2022 In 2018, longtime Outside writer and passionate cyclist Andrew Tilin was killed when he was hit by a driver of a truck while fixing a flat on his bike outside Austin, Texas. Christopher Keyes, Outside Online, 4 May 2020 Spaghetti straps, the ballet flat, and pockets and zippers on dresses were all McCardell innovations. Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Sep. 2022 Till’s lynching—a catalyst that sparked the civil rights movement through the ’50s and ’60s—Mamie Till-Mobley lived in her mother’s 1897 two-flat in Chicago. Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 20 July 2022 The trio move into a small flat with extended family, and Rose gets a job as a hotel maid. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2022 The new 6th Street Viaduct crosses more industry than water, spanning a scruffy flat of lofts, warehouses and rail lines. Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2022 The fire broke out early Sunday in the basement of a two-story brick two-flat in the 4000 block of West Potomac Street. Stephanie Casanova, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2022 Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2022 There are ways in which schools can make their NIL cases directly to prospects – or players who have entered the transfer portal - without flat-out offering them incentives. Steve Megargee, Chron, 31 Aug. 2022 Like a flat-out drop on a short inside route early in the scrimmage. San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022 Trump’s and many Republicans’ suggestions that the search was political in nature and evidence of some sort of state overreach are flat-out wrong. Eli Stokolsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022 My dating life since choosing celibacy has been met with skepticism, resignation, ghosting, and flat-out shock. Desiree Johnson, refinery29.com, 9 Aug. 2022 Critic Bob Lefsetz crossed the line calling Taylor dumb, naive, and a flat-out bad singer following her 2010 Grammys performance with Stevie Nicks. Maggie Horton, Country Living, 2 Aug. 2022 Could be an option if the Heat seek a flat-out bucket getter, perhaps if the anticipation is of moving Tyler Herro in a trade. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2022 JESSE GREEN Theater, particularly musical theater, has often abetted the distortion and flat-out erasure of inconvenient histories. New York Times, 27 May 2022 Christopher Michel, Country Living, 20 Apr. 2022 By flatting the top, more main string gets lengthened, also improving control. Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 21 Jan. 2020 Lead is harmful at any dose, and especially toxic to the nervous system; arsenic can flat-out kill you, the inspector general wrote. Zoë Schlanger, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2019 The main assumptions are 11 million barrels a day of crude oil production, Brent flat at $65 a barrel, net refining margins of $3 a barrel and chemicals net margins of $100 a tonne. Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2019 Brian Snyder, Arizona Republic One can flat shoot it. Duane Rankin, azcentral, 3 July 2019 Thoughtfully, my mother suspected this might be the case, and a few days before the wedding found an ideal backup: Manolo Blahnik flats with ample space for injured toes. Alexandra Macon, Vogue, 12 July 2019 Plus, the dude can flat-out sing, though no one else matches his pitch-perfect acting turn. USA TODAY, 26 June 2019 The fashionable royal has shown us that flats like knee-high boots and sneakers can be just as stylish (and functional) on the job, and yesterday was no exception. Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Mar. 2019 See More
Adjective
The $1,800 is a flat fee for three years and is paid by the school. Lauren Hertz, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2022 In exchange for keeping their entire commission, La Rosa agents pay a flat transaction fee for every sale, along with a monthly fee. Tim Barker, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2022 Instead of charging a flat monthly fee, users can choose between $10, $20 and $30 tiers, each that come with a certain number of credits that can be spent on movies. Marisa Dellatto, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022 Relying on one risks your own safety and damage to your vehicle, and could leave you stranded due to a problem as simple as a flat tire. Wes Siler, Outside Online, 24 Aug. 2022 Officers located the suspect vehicle, which had a flat tire, at the Speedway on Detroit Road at Bradley Road. Bruce Geiselman, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2022 On a very hot day in 1995, Matt Pettigrew and his sister, Ann, were birding along a desolate dirt road in southeastern Arizona’s Huachuca Mountains when their rental car got a flat tire. John Kelly, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022 There is so little weight on the front end that the car can be driven to a service station without damaging a flat front tire. Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2022 Already multiple laps down after a Lap 24 incident that gave him a flat right-front tire, Kyle Larson suffered what appeared to be a brake failure on Lap 61 in a scary incident that was nearly much, much worse. Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 31 July 2022 Noun
Jared Goff lobbed a pass to Swift in the right flat. Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 19 Sep. 2022 Alice and Amy bought a £505,000 two-bedroom flat in Walthamstow last year on the Help to Buy scheme. Lydia Spencer-elliot, refinery29.com, 25 Apr. 2022 In 2018, longtime Outside writer and passionate cyclist Andrew Tilin was killed when he was hit by a driver of a truck while fixing a flat on his bike outside Austin, Texas. Christopher Keyes, Outside Online, 4 May 2020 Spaghetti straps, the ballet flat, and pockets and zippers on dresses were all McCardell innovations. Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Sep. 2022 Till’s lynching—a catalyst that sparked the civil rights movement through the ’50s and ’60s—Mamie Till-Mobley lived in her mother’s 1897 two-flat in Chicago. Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 20 July 2022 The trio move into a small flat with extended family, and Rose gets a job as a hotel maid. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2022 The new 6th Street Viaduct crosses more industry than water, spanning a scruffy flat of lofts, warehouses and rail lines. Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2022 The fire broke out early Sunday in the basement of a two-story brick two-flat in the 4000 block of West Potomac Street. Stephanie Casanova, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2022 Adverb
If McBride is hinting that Carol will be back, and Reedus is flat-out promising it, what does Walking Dead chief content officer Scott M. Gimple have to say about all of this? Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2022 There are ways in which schools can make their NIL cases directly to prospects – or players who have entered the transfer portal - without flat-out offering them incentives. Steve Megargee, Chron, 31 Aug. 2022 Like a flat-out drop on a short inside route early in the scrimmage. San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022 Trump’s and many Republicans’ suggestions that the search was political in nature and evidence of some sort of state overreach are flat-out wrong. Eli Stokolsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022 My dating life since choosing celibacy has been met with skepticism, resignation, ghosting, and flat-out shock. Desiree Johnson, refinery29.com, 9 Aug. 2022 Critic Bob Lefsetz crossed the line calling Taylor dumb, naive, and a flat-out bad singer following her 2010 Grammys performance with Stevie Nicks. Maggie Horton, Country Living, 2 Aug. 2022 Could be an option if the Heat seek a flat-out bucket getter, perhaps if the anticipation is of moving Tyler Herro in a trade. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2022 JESSE GREEN Theater, particularly musical theater, has often abetted the distortion and flat-out erasure of inconvenient histories. New York Times, 27 May 2022 Verb
The process is pretty straightforward: Find a rough surface, and place the top of the can flat against it. Christopher Michel, Country Living, 20 Apr. 2022 By flatting the top, more main string gets lengthened, also improving control. Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 21 Jan. 2020 Lead is harmful at any dose, and especially toxic to the nervous system; arsenic can flat-out kill you, the inspector general wrote. Zoë Schlanger, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2019 The main assumptions are 11 million barrels a day of crude oil production, Brent flat at $65 a barrel, net refining margins of $3 a barrel and chemicals net margins of $100 a tonne. Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2019 Brian Snyder, Arizona Republic One can flat shoot it. Duane Rankin, azcentral, 3 July 2019 Thoughtfully, my mother suspected this might be the case, and a few days before the wedding found an ideal backup: Manolo Blahnik flats with ample space for injured toes. Alexandra Macon, Vogue, 12 July 2019 Plus, the dude can flat-out sing, though no one else matches his pitch-perfect acting turn. USA TODAY, 26 June 2019 The fashionable royal has shown us that flats like knee-high boots and sneakers can be just as stylish (and functional) on the job, and yesterday was no exception. Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Mar. 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, and Verb
Middle English, from Old Norse flatr; akin to Old High German flaz flat, and probably to Greek platys broad — more at place
First Known Use
Adjective
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Adverb
1531, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
circa 1604, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of flat was in the 14th century Phrases Containing flat
noun¹
noun²
adjective
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