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floorboard

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Motor vehicles
floor·board /ˈflɔːbɔːd $ ˈflɔːrbɔːrd/ noun [countable]  1 TTBa board in a wooden floor 一块木地板 I lifted the carpet to check the floorboards for woodworm. 我掀开地毯,检查地板里是否有木蛀虫。2. American EnglishTTC the floor in a car 〔汽车的〕底板
Examples from the Corpus
floorboardThey could hear the wild rush of the wind and the pattering of rain against floorboards from the deserted upper floor.It was the room without any floorboards.Patti said Monday about an inch of water got on the main floor, and the hardwood floorboards had begun to cup.Mungo set off, taking care to avoid the loose floorboards which he had already tried to memorize.The dead plants, the puddle of water spreading out across the floorboards.He was arrested after officers found a bag of marijuana on the floorboard.They hid under floorboards and over grocery stores.
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floorboard
floorboard /ˈflɔːbɔːd $ ˈflɔːrbɔːrd/ noun [countable]
1. a board in a wooden floor:
    I lifted the carpet to check the floorboards for woodworm.
2. American English the floor in a car


floor·boardBrE /ˈflɔːbɔːd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈflɔːrbɔːrd/ 🔊 noun
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
[usually singular] (NAmE) = floor (2) 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。🔊🔊