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use [material] as roofing
roofing 在此表示“屋顶材料”，是不可数名词。
Many farmers use metal sheets as roofing for their barns.
许多农民用金属板作为谷仓的屋顶材料。
屋面材料；屋顶材料
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屋面材料；屋顶材料
material used for building or covering a roof
Many farmers use metal sheets as roofing for their barns.
许多农民用金属板作为谷仓的屋顶材料。
屋顶外部材料,如木瓦。
Material used on the outside of a roof, such as shingles.
建造屋顶的过程。
The process of constructing a roof or roofs.
在摩天大楼屋顶上攀爬行进的方式。
A way of travel which consists in clambering over the roofs of skyscrapers.
My uncle has worked in roofing for over ten years.
我叔叔从事盖屋顶工作已经十多年了。
They hired a local contractor to do the roofing on their garage.
他们雇了一位本地承包商来给车库盖屋顶。
Roofing is not as easy as it looks.
盖屋顶并不像看起来那么轻松。
roofing 在此表示“屋顶材料”，是不可数名词。
Many farmers use metal sheets as roofing for their barns.
许多农民用金属板作为谷仓的屋顶材料。
roofing 在此表示“盖屋顶的行业或手艺”，常与 work in 搭配。
She has worked in roofing for over ten years.
她从事屋顶铺设工作已超过十年。
the roofing of 后接建筑物，可以指该建筑的屋顶材料或覆盖层。
The roofing of the old church was damaged in the storm.
那座老教堂的屋顶材料在暴风雨中受损了。
Not this
The roofing is leaking.
Use this
The roof is leaking.
“roofing”指盖屋顶所用的材料或铺屋顶这项工作，不是“屋顶”这个建筑结构；表示漏水的屋顶结构要用“roof”。
Not this
This house is roofing.
Use this
This house is roofed.
“roofing”是动词“roof”的现在分词，表示“正在盖屋顶”，不能表示“有屋顶的”状态；作表语表示状态应使用过去分词“roofed”。
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屋面材料；屋顶材料
They chose metal roofing material for the new house.
他们为新房子选了金属屋面材料。
屋面油毡；屋顶毡
The workers laid roofing felt before installing the shingles.
工人们在安装瓦片前铺设屋面油毡。
屋面钉
Use galvanized roofing nails to prevent rust.
使用镀锌屋面钉以防生锈。
屋顶承包商；屋面工程承包商
We hired a roofing contractor to repair the leak.
我们雇了一位屋顶承包商来修理漏水。
盖屋顶工程；铺屋顶作业
The roofing work took two days to finish.
盖屋顶工程花了两天完成。
金属屋面；金属屋顶材料
Metal roofing is durable and fire-resistant.
金属屋面耐用且防火。
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roofing 拆成 roof（屋顶）+ -ing，想象工人正在屋顶上加材料盖顶，动作与材料都叫 roofing。
语域：neutral 常见场景：建筑施工、建材采购、屋顶维修 作为名词，roofing 通常指屋顶材料，也可指铺屋顶的工作；多用于建筑、装修或建材相关场景，属于中性常用词，正式和非正式文体中都可以出现。
与 roofing（/ˈruːfɪŋ/）押韵的是 proofing、spoofing、goofing（都读 /uːfɪŋ/）。注意 roughing、coughing、ploughing 虽都以 -oughing 结尾，但发音分别为 /ˈrʌfɪŋ/、/ˈkɒfɪŋ/、/ˈplaʊɪŋ/，与 roofing 不押韵。
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