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floorboard

noun
🔊/ˈflɔːbɔːd/
🔊/ˈflɔːrbɔːrd/
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  1. a long flat piece of wood in a wooden floor木质地板条；木板条
    • bare/polished floorboards素面／打了蜡的木地板
    • The money was hidden under the floorboards.这笔钱被藏在地板下。
    Extra Examples
    • She could hear voices through the gaps in the floorboards.她透过地板间的缝隙能听见人说话的声音。
    • The wooden floorboards creaked as he walked down the corridor.他穿过走廊时木地板嘎吱作响。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • wooden
    • bare
    • polished
    • …
    verb + floorboard
    • lift
    • lift up
    floorboard + verb
    • creak
    preposition
    • beneath the floorboards
    • under the floorboards
    • underneath the floorboards
    • …
    phrases
    • a gap between the floorboards
    • a gap in the floorboards
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  2. [usually singular] (North American English)
    (also floor British and North American English)
    the bottom surface of a vehicle（车辆的）地板
    • a car floorboard汽车地板
    • He had his foot to the floorboard (= was going very fast).他猛踩油门飞速驾驶。🔊🔊