Word · Frequency #15420
shingle
用木瓦覆盖
to cover (a roof or wall) with shingles
- 1.
To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.
用薄木瓦等建筑材料覆盖
- 2.
To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy.
(冶金中)锤打并挤压材料以去除熔渣和杂质
- 3.
To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof.
将(头发)剪成层层重叠、发梢如屋顶瓦片般均匀外露的式样
- 4.
To beat with a shingle.
用木瓦击打
- 5.
To increase the storage density of (a hard disk) by writing tracks that partially overlap.
通过写入部分重叠的磁道来增加(硬盘的)存储密度
把（头发）剪出层次；叠瓦式写入；锤锻除杂；用木瓦击打；用薄木瓦等建筑材料覆盖
In use
They plan to shingle the roof before winter arrives.
Our neighbors spent the whole weekend shingling their shed.
The old house had been shingled twice over the years.
Verb forms
base shingle · third person shingles · -ing shingling · past shingled · past participle shingled
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- shingle a roof
- 用木瓦铺盖屋顶
- We hired a contractor to shingle a roof that had been damaged by the storm.我们雇了一位承包商来给被暴风雨损坏的屋顶铺上木瓦。
- shingled hair
- 叠瓦式短发
- Her shingled hair was a popular style in the 1920s.她的叠瓦式短发是20世纪20年代的流行发型。
- shingled drive
- 叠瓦式硬盘
- This laptop's shingled drive offers more storage in the same space.这台笔记本电脑的叠瓦式硬盘在相同空间内提供了更大的存储容量。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想：屋顶上一片片交叠的木瓦(shingles)就是 shingle；动词 = 用木瓦覆盖/剪出层次，像瓦片叠放那样。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：roofing、construction、home repair 此义项（用木瓦覆盖屋顶或墙面）通常用于建筑和房屋修缮场景，属于中性偏专业的用法，在口语日常交流中较少出现。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Shingle /ˈʃɪŋɡəl/ rhymes with words ending -ingle: single, mingle, tingle, jingle. But the lookalike -angle words angle and tangle are pronounced /æŋɡəl/ and do not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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