English Dictionary

flat

/flæt/

adj

In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping. / Smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so. / (slang) Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.

The table is flat.

意味（1）

In a horizontal line or plane; not sloping.

a flat roof

意味（2）

Smooth; having no protrusions, indentations or other surface irregularities, or relatively so.

The surface of the mirror must be completely flat.

意味（3）

(slang) Having small or invisible breasts and/or buttocks.

That girl is completely flat on both sides.

意味（4）

At a consistently depressed level; consistently lacklustre.

Sales have been flat all year, and we've barely broken even.

意味（5）

(not comparable, commerce) Of fees, fares etc., fixed; unvarying.

a flat fee

意味（6）

(music, voice) Without variations in pitch.

He delivered the speech in a flat tone.

意味（7）

(of colours) Without variation in tone or hue; uniform.

The walls were painted a flat gray.

意味（8）

(figuratively) Lacking liveliness or action; depressed; uninteresting; dull and boring.

意味（9）

(authorship, figuratively, especially of a character) Lacking in depth, substance, or believability; underdeveloped; one-dimensional.

The author added a chapter to flesh out the book's flatter characters.

意味（10）

(music, note) Lowered by one semitone.

意味（11）

(music) Of a note or voice, lower in pitch than it should be.

Your A string is flat.

意味（12）

Absolute; downright; peremptory.

His claim was in flat contradiction to experimental results.

意味（13）

(of a tire or other inflated object) Deflated, especially because of a puncture.

意味（14）

(of a carbonated drink) With all or most of its carbon dioxide having come out of solution so that the drink no longer fizzes or contains any bubbles.

意味（15）

(wine) Lacking acidity without being sweet.

意味（16）

(of a battery) Unable to emit power; dead.

意味（17）

(juggling, of a throw) Without spin; spinless.

意味（18）

(phonetics, dated, of a consonant) Sonant; vocal, as distinguished from a sharp (non-sonant) consonant.

意味（19）

(grammar) Not having an inflectional ending or sign, such as a noun used as an adjective, or an adjective as an adverb, without the addition of a formative suffix; or an infinitive without the sign "to".

Many flat adverbs, as in 'run fast', 'buy cheap', etc. are from Old English.

意味（20）

(golf, of a golf club) Having a head at a very obtuse angle to the shaft.

意味（21）

(horticulture, of certain fruits) Flattening at the ends.

意味（22）

(of measurements of time) Exact.

He finished the race in a flat four minutes.