/flæt ||; flæt/noun Apartment is the normal word in American English. In British English we say apartment when talking about a flat we are renting for a holiday, etc rather than to live in We're renting an apartment in the South of France. 美国英语较常用apartment。英国英语中apartment是指租作度假用的套间﹕We're renting an apartment in the South of France. 我们在法国南部租了个套间。 You rent a flat from a landlord/landlady. The landlord/lady lets the flat to you, the tenant. The money you have to pay is called rent. Your flat may be furnished or unfurnished. A tall modern building that contains many flats is a block of flats. A person who shares the flat with you is your flatmate. 套房可向房东(landlord)或女房东(landlady)租用(rent)。房东把套房出租(let)给房客(tenant)。房客缴付租金(rent)。出租的套间有两类，带家具的(furnished)和不带家具的(unfurnished)。多个套间组成一座公寓楼(a block of flats)。跟你合住同一套间的人叫做flatmate。