shingle roof
collocation木瓦屋顶
The old house has a shingle roof.
这栋老房子的屋顶是木瓦铺的。
木瓦；屋顶板；墙面板
shingles — plural of shingle
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 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。
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。
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。
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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