Parquet is a floor made of many small, flat blocks of wood fitted together in a pattern — often squares, diamonds, or a herringbone (like fish bones laid side by side). You see it in old European rooms, dance halls, and fancy apartments. The pattern is the point: it is not just long boards running one way.

Parquet拼花地板 is a floor made of many small, flat blocks of wood fitted together in a pattern是用很多小塊、扁平的木塊拼成圖案的地板——often squares, diamonds, or a herringbone常見的是方形、菱形，或人字形（like fish bones laid side by side像魚骨一根根排在一起那樣）。You你 see it in old European rooms, dance halls, and fancy apartments會在歐洲老房子的房間、舞廳，還有高級公寓裡看到它。The pattern is the point重點就是那個圖案：it is not just long boards running one way而不只是長條木板全部朝同一個方向鋪。

Though actually, English also borrowed a theatre sense from French: in some older American usage, the parquet is the front part of the seats nearest the stage. For most learners the floor is the meaning that matters.

Though actually不過其實，English also borrowed a theatre sense from French英文還從法文借了一個劇場的意思：in some older American usage在比較舊的美式用法裡，the parquet is the front part of the seats nearest the stage parquet 是指最靠近舞台的前排座位區。For most learners對大部分學習者來說 the floor is the meaning that matters地板這個意思才是重要的。

It can be a verb too: to parquet a room is to put that kind of floor in. The word still feels French; people often say it par-KAY.

It它 can be a verb too也可以當動詞：to parquet a room幫一個房間鋪拼花地板 is to put that kind of floor in就是把那種地板裝進去的意思。The word still feels French這個字聽起來還是很法文；people often say it par-KAY大家常唸成 par-KAY。