1. 表示房子的“层”,在美国英语中被拼为 story(注意两者词尾的不同变化)。如: The building has ten storeys [stories]. 这建筑物有10层。 She lives in a five-storied [five-storeyed] building. 她住在一幢5层的楼房里。 2. 表示“在第几层或第几楼”,可用介词in(侧重空间)或on(侧重层面)。如: He’s living in the second storey. 他住在二楼。 My room is on the second story. 我的房间在二楼。 3. “一座6层的房子”,以下说法均可: 正:a six-story house /a six-storey house 正:a six-storied house /a six-storeyed house 正:a house of six stories /a house of six storeys 正:a house
单词:storey的近义词、反义词、形近词辨析
ceiling/ceil/roof/top/tip/bottom/cotton/floor/storey 记忆: 1. ceil [ si:l ] vt. 装天花板 The rooms have all been ceiled beautifully. 这些房间装上了漂亮的天花板。 2. 加名词后缀-ing: ceiling n. 天花板 I suggest hanging a basket of flowers from the ceiling.我建议从天花板上吊一篮花草。 3. roof f, 飞,房子上可以起飞的地方,房顶 Helicopters can land on the roof.直升飞机可以停靠在房顶上。 4. top n. 顶部 You can see far away at the top of the tower. 在塔顶上你可以眺望远方。 5. tip The end of a pointed or projecting object n. 顶, 尖端, 梢, 小费,提示, 技巧 vt.使倾斜, 暗示 给小费 As the waiter offered a tip that I could hang the apple from the other tip of the stick, I gave him more tips when I left. 服务员提示我可以把苹果挂在棍子的另一端,我走的时候就多给了他一点消费表示感谢。 6. bottom n. 底部(联想base)At the bottom of the ocean there is also a rich world of biology. 大洋底部也有一个丰富的生物世界。 7. cotton n. 棉花(联想clothes) These days people’s passion for natural cotton has returned. 这些日子人们又对天然棉花有了热情。 8. floor n. 地板,楼层 How many floors does that skyscraper have? 那栋摩天大楼有多少层楼? 9. storey n. 楼层(上下地板的空间)Our office is in the 10th storey. 我们的办公室在十楼。 另类阅读: The man in cotton clothes went upstairs from the bottom to the fifth floor. He couldn’t find anything with a sharp tip hanging from the ceiling. As no one could help him in this storey, he went on to the top of the house. Standing on the roof, he couldn’t help feeling a little sad.