英:['flætˌaɪən]
美:['flætˌaɪən]
英:['flætˌaɪən]
美:['flætˌaɪən]
flat·i·ron
flaet aI rn
The first known use of flat iron was in 1743
flattenverb
to make or become flat
flattenverb
to make or become flat
flat1 of 4adjective
having a smooth level surface
flat ground
having a smooth even surface
spread out on or along a surface
was flat on the ground
having a broad smooth surface and little thickness
shoes with flat heels
absolute sense 3
a flat refusal
fixed sense 1b, unchanging
charge a flat rate
exact entry 2 sense 1
in two minutes flat
lacking in interest or flavor the stew tastes flat
a flat story
lacking bubbles or sparkle
flat ginger ale
lacking any rise or decline
sales were flat
being deflated—used of tires
lower than the true pitch
lower by a half step
tone of A flat
free from gloss
flat paint
flat2 of 4noun
a level surface of land : plain
a flat part or surface
a musical tone one half step lower than a specified tone
a character ♭ before a note indicating that it is to be a flat
a shallow box in which seedlings are started
a shoe or slipper having a flat heel or no heel
chiefly British an apartment on one floor
a deflated tire
flat3 of 4adverb
on or against a flat surface
lie flat
as much as possible : completely
was flat broke
below the true musical pitch
flat4 of 4verb
to lower in pitch especially by a half step
flat1 of 4adjective
having a smooth level surface
flat ground
having a smooth even surface
spread out on or along a surface
was flat on the ground
having a broad smooth surface and little thickness
shoes with flat heels
absolute sense 3
a flat refusal
fixed sense 1b, unchanging
charge a flat rate
exact entry 2 sense 1
in two minutes flat
lacking in interest or flavor the stew tastes flat
a flat story
lacking bubbles or sparkle
flat ginger ale
lacking any rise or decline
sales were flat
being deflated—used of tires
lower than the true pitch
lower by a half step
tone of A flat
free from gloss
flat paint
flat2 of 4noun
a level surface of land : plain
a flat part or surface
a musical tone one half step lower than a specified tone
a character ♭ before a note indicating that it is to be a flat
a shallow box in which seedlings are started
a shoe or slipper having a flat heel or no heel
chiefly British an apartment on one floor
a deflated tire
flat3 of 4adverb
on or against a flat surface
lie flat
as much as possible : completely
was flat broke
below the true musical pitch
flat4 of 4verb
to lower in pitch especially by a half step
flat1 of 4adjective
having a smooth level surface
flat ground
having a smooth even surface
spread out on or along a surface
was flat on the ground
having a broad smooth surface and little thickness
shoes with flat heels
absolute sense 3
a flat refusal
fixed sense 1b, unchanging
charge a flat rate
exact entry 2 sense 1
in two minutes flat
lacking in interest or flavor the stew tastes flat
a flat story
lacking bubbles or sparkle
flat ginger ale
lacking any rise or decline
sales were flat
being deflated—used of tires
lower than the true pitch
lower by a half step
tone of A flat
free from gloss
flat paint
flat2 of 4noun
a level surface of land : plain
a flat part or surface
a musical tone one half step lower than a specified tone
a character ♭ before a note indicating that it is to be a flat
a shallow box in which seedlings are started
a shoe or slipper having a flat heel or no heel
chiefly British an apartment on one floor
a deflated tire
flat3 of 4adverb
on or against a flat surface
lie flat
as much as possible : completely
was flat broke
below the true musical pitch
flat4 of 4verb
to lower in pitch especially by a half step
flatironnoun
iron entry 1 sense 2c
1 The little man jumped as if a red-hot flatiron had just been applied to that portion of his trousers designed for sitting.
2 Addicted to your flatiron?
总是依赖于你的熨斗?
3 Leech's installation entitled Hypergraphia is on display at the Flatiron Prow Art Space in New York until December 31, 2011.
水蛭的安装题为Hypergraphia熨斗船头,直到2011年12月31日,在纽约的艺术空间展出。
4 There was a pause, broken only by the faint sound of the flatiron.
5 Then flatiron section by section to give the hair that super-polished, slick look.
6 The flatiron “hostage situation” today was the perfect example of the rippling stupidity effect of Twitter Some New Yorkers, though, groped for a silver lining.
7 Seattle, having just erected a more utilitarian flatiron city hall in 1909, might well have expressed envy.
8 Russell opted to make 1-inch waves with the help of a small flat iron, each section finished with dry shampoo and brushed up to fluffy perfection.
9 Twenty-six days later, an equally basic side-view of the ironing board shows the flatiron and chain in place.
10 “Why! that boy couldn’t sink if you filled his pockets with flatirons!”
11 Instead of New York strip or rib eye, she chooses cheaper cuts, like skirt and flatiron steak, which she has learned to tenderize through brining and braising.
12 Ma slipped piping hot baked potatoes into their pockets to keep their fingers warm, and Aunt Eliza’s flatirons were hot on the stove, ready to put at their feet in the sled.
13 "You'll see flatirons enough, my lady," said Dorothy, "when you find yourself doing the laundry work for a large and able-bodied family."
14 The kitchen is refurbished to its early 20th-century style, with an oil lamp and an old-fashioned flatiron for clothing.
15 Aunt Rachel set down her heavy flatiron and regarded her niece seriously.
16 Old women in their nightcaps run into the streets, with a washhand basin or a flatiron.
17 It looks like a white flatiron with wheels or a sleek, plastic bullet, dwarfed by the regal sedans of 1960s Detroit.
18 There are few things movies love more than a good makeover, especially if it starts with a geeky, shy, super-smart girl who's never met a flatiron or tweezers.
电影中最受欢迎的题材莫过于华丽大变身了,特别是当故事发生在一个姑娘身上——她看上去不招人待见、害羞,虽然实际上特聪明,可惜连熨斗和眉钳都没见过。
19 At that time, she was executive chef at St. John's, a beautifully appointed, chic, fine-dining restaurant located in the heart of Chattanooga, Tennessee in the former St. John's Hotel flatiron building.
20 She, in turn, fought back in a purely feminine way—with frying pans and pokers, and occasionally a flatiron would sail toward his head.