Confusing English Words – floor / ground
بسیاری از کلمات وجود دارند که معنی یکسانی دارند، اما در واقع تعاریف و کاربردهای مختلفی دارند.
شما می خواهید درست صحبت کنید و از به کار بردن کلمات نادرست خودداری کنید، اما در مورد معنی دقیق و کاربرد هر کلمه کاملا مطمئن نیستید.
بعضی از زبان آموزان حتی به دلیل تردیدهایشان از به کار بردن کلمات خودداری می کنند!
هدف ما در این سری از پست ها روشن کردن رایج ترین کلمات گیج کننده در انگلیسی است.
floor / ground
Usually we say floor for indoor surfaces, and ground for outdoor surfaces. Inside your house, you would drop your bag on the floor. Outside your house, you would drop your bag on the ground
.The different levels of a building are also called floors
.There are a few specific outdoor surfaces that are called a floor: the ocean floor, the forest floor, the floor of a cave
All other outdoor surfaces are called the ground. After it rains, the ground may be wet and muddy. An airplane leaves the ground when it takes off, and a subway is a train that runs underground (under the surface of the earth)
The word grounds refers to the land surrounding a large building. The school grounds means the area of property around the school building, which belongs to the school. Hospitals, castles, palaces, and mansions may also have grounds. (The tiny area of land around individual houses is typically called a yard)