flat是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 平坦的， 扁平的， 平淡的n. 一套房间； 平面，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆的《月亮和六便士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She had a flat in Westminster, overlooking the unfinished cathedral, and because we lived in the same neighbourhood we felt friendly disposed to one another.
-- Her flat was always neat and cheerful, gay with flowers, and the chintzes in the drawing-room, notwithstanding their severe design, were bright and pretty.
-- "It's lucky the furniture in the flat is in Amy's name.
-- She let her flat and sold her furniture.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was a flat tableland like that above Cape Town at the Cape of Good Hope, but of reduced proportions; at least so it appeared seen from the islet.
-- Large flat stones were placed on the ground at the opening of the narrow passage which had been kept.
-- The flat stones made a capital fireplace.
-- On the left bank, the ground, which was flat and marshy, rose imperceptibly towards the interior.
-- They were following a very flat shore bounded by a reef of rocks, whose heads scarcely emerged from the sea, for they were in deep water.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Daniel Quilp pulled his hat over his brows, climbed on to the desk (which had a flat top) and stretching his short length upon it went to sleep with ease of an old practitioner; intending, no doubt, to compensate himself for the deprivation of last night's rest, by a long and sound nap.
-- In part scattered upon the ground at the feet of the two men, and in part jumbled together in a long flat box, were the other persons of the Drama.
-- Short led the way; with the flat box, the private luggage (which was not extensive) tied up in a bundle, and a brazen trumpet slung from his shoulder-blade.
-- This was the character which the little terrier in question had once sustained; if there had been any doubt upon the subject he would speedily have resolved it by his conduct; for not only did he, on seeing Short, give the strongest tokens of recognition, but catching sight of the flat box he barked so furiously at the pasteboard nose which he knew was inside, that his master was obliged to gather him up and put him into his pocket again, to the great relief of the whole company.
-- Meanwhile, Mr Swiveller, on the top of the stool, drew himself into as flat a shape as possible against the wall, and looked, not unconcernedly, down upon the single gentleman, who appeared at the door growling and cursing in a very awful manner, and, with the boots in his hand, seemed to have an intention of hurling them down stairs on speculation.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《时间机器》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- You know how on a flat surface, which has only two dimensions, we can represent a figure of a three-dimensional solid, and similarly they think that by models of three dimensions they could represent one of four if they could master the perspective of the thing.
-- And I have by me, for my comfort, two strange white flowers shrivelled now, and brown and flat and brittle to witness that even when mind and strength had gone, gratitude and a mutual tenderness still lived on in the heart of man.
在刘易斯·卡罗尔的《爱丽丝漫游镜中世界》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The King immediately fell flat on his back, and lay perfectly still: and Alice was a little alarmed at what she had done, and went round the room to see if she could find any water to throw over him.
-- Like this, you know 'He let go the bridle, and stretched out both his arms to show Alice what he meant, and this time he fell flat on his back, right under the horse's feet.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I lay down flat in the bottom of that wretched skiff and devoutly recommended my spirit to its Maker.
-- Nor was that all, for crawling together on flat tables of rock or letting themselves drop into the sea with loud reports I beheld huge slimy monsters soft snails, as it were, of incredible bigness two or three score of them together, making the rocks to echo with their barkings.
-- Fine flat sand, never a cat's paw, trees all around of it, and flowers a-blowing like a garding on that old ship."
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- We were walking on fine, even sand, not wrinkled, as on a flat shore, which retains the impression of the billows.
-- Flat enough in the east, it rose a little to the south.
-- In the genus stromateus, whose bodies are very flat and oval, I saw some of the most brilliant colours, carrying their dorsal fin like a scythe; an excellent eating fish, which, dried and pickled, is known by the name of Karawade; then some tranquebars, belonging to the genus apsiphoroides, whose body is covered with a shell cuirass of eight longitudinal plates.
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