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there + be + a + floorboard + (place)
用 there be 句型说明某处有某物，floorboard 为可数名词。
There was a loose floorboard in the hallway.
走廊里有一块松了的地板条。
地板条；木地板板条
floorboards — plural of floorboard
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地板条；木地板板条
a board in the floor
There was a loose floorboard in the hallway.
走廊里有一块松了的地板条。
铺在托梁上构成地板的长木板。
Any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor.
车辆地板
The floor of a vehicle.
The old floorboard creaked when I stepped on it.
我踩上去时，那块旧地板吱嘎作响。
He lifted a loose floorboard to see what was underneath.
他掀起一块松动的地板，想看看下面有什么。
The carpenter replaced the damaged floorboards in the hallway.
木匠更换了走廊里损坏的地板条。
用 there be 句型说明某处有某物，floorboard 为可数名词。
There was a loose floorboard in the hallway.
走廊里有一块松了的地板条。
复数形式通常指整个木地板，谓语动词用复数。
The floorboards in the old house are uneven.
老房子里的地板条高低不平。
此处指汽车内部的底板，相当于 the floor of the car。
The floorboard of the car was covered with sand.
汽车底板上全是沙子。
Not this
The floorboard in this room is made of oak.
Use this
The floorboards in this room are made of oak.
floorboard 是可数名词，指单块地板条；表示整个房间由多块木板铺成的地面时，要用复数 floorboards，并搭配复数谓语。汉语“地板”不区分单复数，所以容易误用单数。
Not this
I need to mop the floorboard.
Use this
I need to mop the floor.
floorboard 指单块地板条（或汽车底板），不是整个地面；擦大面积地面应使用 floor。汉语“地板”既可以指板条也可以指整个地面，因此学习者容易把 floorboard 当作 floor 使用。
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嘎吱作响的地板条
The creaking floorboards gave away his position.
嘎吱作响的地板条暴露了他的位置。
木地板条
The old house had beautiful wooden floorboards.
这座老房子铺着漂亮的木地板条。
在地板条下面
They found a hidden safe under the floorboards.
他们在地板条下面发现了一个隐藏的保险柜。
松动的地板条
He tripped on a loose floorboard.
他被一块松动的地板条绊倒了。
更换地板条
We had to replace a floorboard damaged by the leak.
我们不得不更换一块因漏水而损坏的地板条。
在（汽车）地板上
My phone slid under the seat and landed on the floorboard.
我的手机滑到座位下面，掉在了车地板上。
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floor（地板）+board（木板），想象一块块木板拼成地板，就是floorboard地板条；汽车里则指底板。
语域：neutral 常见场景：home renovation、car maintenance 该词通常为中性词，多用于家居装修或汽车维修保养等场景；一般来说，正式或非正式场合都可使用。
这些词拼写都以 -board 结尾，其中 board、keyboard、skateboard、dashboard、blackboard 末尾读音均为 /bɔːd/，与 floorboard 的结尾 /bɔːd/ 相同；但 floorboard 重音在第一个音节 /ˈflɔːbɔːd/，所以这些词并不与 floorboard 押韵。注意 cupboard 虽拼作 -board，却读作 /ˈkʌbəd/，与常规 -board 读音不同。
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