Word · Frequency #15420
shingles
木瓦;屋顶板;墙面板
shingles is the plural of shingle.
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.
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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.
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
- 2.
A punitive strap such as a belt.
惩罚用的皮带
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Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach.
小而光滑的鹅卵石,如海滩上的
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building material used as siding or roofing
用作墙面或屋顶的建筑材料
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A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
通过锤打炼钢获得的矩形钢片
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Any paddle used for corporal punishment.
用于体罚的拍子
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A beach or other shore covered with loose, smooth pebbles.
被松散、光滑的鹅卵石覆盖的海滩或其他海岸
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coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)
由小卵石和砾石组成的粗糙海滩(或覆盖这种砾石的海岸)
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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).
标示专业办公室的小招牌;也可指小型制作公司
- 10.
a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.
律师或医生办公室外的小招牌
- 11.
A word-based n-gram.
基于词的n-gram
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
In use
The old house had wooden shingles that needed replacement.
We walked along the beach, feeling the smooth shingles under our feet.
The dentist hung his shingle outside the new clinic.
Connections
Collocations
- shingle roof
- 木瓦屋顶
- The old house has a shingle roof.这栋老房子的屋顶是木瓦铺的。
- asphalt shingles
- 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。
- shingle siding
- 木瓦外墙板
- The cottage has shingle siding.这间小屋的外墙是木瓦板。
- shingle beach
- 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。
- hang out a shingle
- 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。
- production shingle
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想:shingle 既指屋顶重叠的‘木瓦’,也指海滩光滑的‘卵石’——都是一片片、一层层铺开的样子。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:建筑施工、屋顶铺设、外墙装修 表示屋顶或墙面覆盖材料时,shingle 属于中性词,通常用于建筑施工和装修语境,口语和书面语中都比较常见。使用时请结合上下文判断具体所指。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words with /ɪŋɡəl/ rhyme with shingle: single, tingle, jingle, mingle. Attention: twinkle and crinkle look similar but have /ɪŋkəl/ (a /k/ instead of /g/), so they 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。
Learn the forms together
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