a shingle roof
shingle 作定语修饰 roof,表示用木瓦铺成的屋顶。
They replaced the old shingle roof after the storm.
暴风雨过后,他们更换了旧的木瓦屋顶。
卵石;小圆石;卵石滩;(医生、律师等办公室外的)招牌;小制片公司;(体罚用的)皮带;木板;(锻打熟铁得到的)钢坯;基于词的n元组;词串
A small thin piece of building material, such as wood or slate, laid in overlapping rows to cover a roof or the sides of a building.
一种小而薄的建筑材料,通常一端较厚,用于屋顶或建筑物侧面的重叠覆盖
A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.
惩罚用的皮带
A punitive strap such as a belt.
小而光滑的鹅卵石,如海滩上的
Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach.
用作墙面或屋顶的建筑材料
building material used as siding or roofing
通过锤打炼钢获得的矩形钢片
A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
用于体罚的拍子
Any paddle used for corporal punishment.
被松散、光滑的鹅卵石覆盖的海滩或其他海岸
A beach or other shore covered with loose, smooth pebbles.
由小卵石和砾石组成的粗糙海滩(或覆盖这种砾石的海岸)
coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)
标示专业办公室的小招牌;也可指小型制作公司
A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle).
律师或医生办公室外的小招牌
a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.
基于词的n-gram
A word-based n-gram.
The old house had wooden shingles that needed replacement.
这栋老房子的木瓦需要更换了。
用法提示:此处 shingle 作名词,意为“屋顶板”或“墙面板”。
We walked along the beach, feeling the smooth shingles under our feet.
我们沿着海滩散步,感觉到脚下光滑的卵石。
用法提示:此处 shingle 作名词,指海滩上的小圆砾。
The dentist hung his shingle outside the new clinic.
牙医把他的招牌挂在了新诊所外面。
用法提示:此处 shingle 作名词,意为医生或律师的营业招牌。
shingle 作定语修饰 roof,表示用木瓦铺成的屋顶。
They replaced the old shingle roof after the storm.
暴风雨过后,他们更换了旧的木瓦屋顶。
shingle 用复数 shingles 指一片片木瓦;lay 表示铺设。
The workers laid shingles in overlapping rows.
工人们把木瓦重叠着铺好。
shingle 作不可数名词指卵石,可用于 of 短语中说明海滩的构成。
The cove has a beach of shingle and smooth stones.
这个小海湾有一片由卵石和光滑石块组成的海滩。
shingle 通常指木瓦或沥青瓦,tile 多指陶土或水泥瓦;在表示屋顶或墙面覆盖物时可互换,但材质和形状不同。
shingle 作“海滩卵石”时为集合名词,pebbles 是可数名词复数,指一粒粒的小圆石;两者在描述卵石海滩时可互换,但注意数的一致。
shingle 特指医生、律师等开业时挂在门外的小招牌,sign 泛指任何标志或招牌;在指专业办公室招牌时可互换,固定短语 hang out one's shingle 一般不用 sign 替换。
grammar · medium
易错句子They live in a house with a shingles roof.
正确表达They live in a house with a shingle roof.
在 shingle roof 这类“材料名词 + 名词”的复合词中,作定语的 shingle 通常用单数;复数 shingles 用来指多块瓦片本身,不能这样修饰 roof。
grammar · medium
易错句子The beach was covered with shingles.
正确表达The beach was covered with shingle.
表示海滩上的小卵石或砾石时,shingle 是不可数名词,通常不加 -s;加 -s 的 shingles 通常指多块屋顶瓦片。
grammar · medium
易错句子They covered the roof by shingles.
正确表达They covered the roof with shingles.
表示“用某材料覆盖”时,cover 后接介词 with,不用 by;by 通常表示方式或施动者。
shingle 指一片片重叠铺盖屋顶或外墙的小块材料;siding 指整面外墙的覆层材料,常为板条或板材,不强调小块重叠。
shingle 多为木、沥青等材料制成的小片,成排重叠铺屋顶;tile 通常指陶土、石板等硬质瓦片或瓷砖,铺设方式不一定重叠。
shingle 读 /ˈʃɪŋɡəl/,以 sh- 开头,指屋顶或外墙的小片建筑材料;single 读 /ˈsɪŋɡəl/,没有 sh-,表示“单个的”。
木瓦屋顶
The old house has a shingle roof.
这栋老房子的屋顶是木瓦铺的。
沥青瓦
Asphalt shingles are the most common roofing material in North America.
沥青瓦是北美最常见的屋顶材料。
木瓦外墙板
The cottage has shingle siding.
这间小屋的外墙是木瓦板。
卵石滩
We spent the afternoon on the shingle beach.
我们在卵石滩上度过了整个下午。
挂牌开业
After years as an assistant, she hung out her own shingle.
当了多年助理后,她终于挂牌开业了。
挂牌开业(指专业人士开设自己的事务所或诊所)
After years of working for a law firm, she finally hung out her own shingle.
在一家律师事务所工作多年后,她终于挂出自己的招牌,自己开业了。
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小型制片公司
The director set up a small production shingle to fund her next film.
这位导演成立了一家小型制片公司来为她的下一部电影筹款。