floor

pavimento

Superficie di una stanza su cui si cammina o si sta in piedi.

In inglese semplice: The surface inside a room that you walk or stand on.

• Your bag is on the floor.
• She swept the kitchen floor.
• The children sat on the floor to play.

Espressioni comuni: on the floor, wooden floor, clean the floor

piano

Uno dei livelli di un edificio.

In inglese semplice: One of the levels in a building.

• My office is on the second floor.
• The lift stops at every floor.
• How many floors does this building have?

Sinonimi: storey, story

Espressioni comuni: first floor, top floor, ground floor

fondale, suolo

Superficie inferiore di un luogo naturale, come un bosco, una grotta o il mare.

In inglese semplice: The bottom surface of a natural place, such as a forest, cave, or sea.

• Leaves covered the forest floor.
• They found shells on the ocean floor.
• Water flowed across the cave floor.

Sinonimi: bottom, ground

Espressioni comuni: forest floor, ocean floor, cave floor

letto, strato minerario

Strato piatto contenente minerali preziosi, oppure roccia immediatamente sotto un giacimento quasi orizzontale.

In inglese semplice: A flat layer containing valuable minerals, or the rock directly beneath a nearly flat deposit.

• The ore floor extends beneath the valley.
• The miners examined the rock in the floor.
• A hard floor lies beneath the coal seam.

Espressioni comuni: ore floor, floor rock, floor of something

accelerare a fondo

Premere completamente il pedale dell’acceleratore per far andare più veloce un veicolo.

In inglese semplice: To press the accelerator pedal all the way down so a vehicle goes faster.

• The driver floored the accelerator.
• She floored it to get up the hill.
• He suddenly floored the pedal, and the engine roared.

Espressioni comuni: floor it, floor the accelerator, floor the pedal

atterrare, stendere

Colpire qualcuno così forte da farlo cadere a terra.

In inglese semplice: To hit someone so hard that they fall to the ground.

• One punch floored him.
• The boxer floored his opponent in the second round.
• A sudden blow to the jaw can floor someone.

Sinonimi: knock down

Espressioni comuni: floor someone, floor an opponent

pavimentare

Installare in una stanza o un edificio una superficie su cui camminare.

In inglese semplice: To fit a room or building with a surface for walking on.

• They plan to floor the whole house.
• We floored the hallway with oak boards.
• The builder is flooring the bathroom today.

Come si usa: floor something with something (They floored the kitchen with ceramic tiles.)

Espressioni comuni: floor a room, floor with something

zittire

Dare una risposta così convincente che l’altra persona non sappia più cosa dire.

In inglese semplice: To give an answer so strong that the other person cannot reply.

• Her sharp reply floored him.
• He floored his opponent with one clear answer.
• That final argument floored everyone who had objected.

Sinonimi: silence, confound

Espressioni comuni: floor an opponent, floor someone