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He could not tell whether the floor was wood or stone.

他分不清这地板是木头的还是石头的。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Then when he was not looking, I dropped one of my gloves on the floor under my chair.

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Everybody's going to put the cup down and assumes it's going to stay there but not fall to the floor.

每个人放下杯子时,都会假设杯子会稳稳地搁在那里,而不是掉在地上。

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Weep no more, woeful Shepherds weep no more For Lycidas your sorrow is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the wat'ry floor, So sinks the day-star in the Ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head.

诗歌大意：，悲伤的牧羊人们不要再哭泣,利西亚斯并没有死去，虽然他被海水吞没，启明星也会沉入海底，不久便会修复他疲惫的头颅。

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So it is not a floor, not a cap.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing on BP Oil Spill

It is not a floor, it is not a ceiling, but what this gives us is the assurances so that we can make sure that the people, the small businesses that have been impacted can get their claims paid in a timely manner.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing on BP Oil Spill

By law, the president must resubmit nominations that did not receive floor action in the previous session of Congress.

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