be made of slate
指石材时 slate 不可数,不能说 a slate 或 slates。
The roof is made of slate.
屋顶是用石板瓦铺的。
板岩;石板
slates — plural of slate
石板;写字板;小黑板;石板瓦;屋顶石板;平板电脑;场记板;记录;欠账
a fine-grained rock that splits easily into thin layers, or a piece or flake of this rock
指岩石本身或劈下的石片,不指写字板。
某些类型的石头片或碎片,倾向于分裂成薄层
A flake or piece of certain types of stone that tend to cleave into thin layers.
(旧时)石板书写板
(formerly) a writing tablet made of slate
通常是矩形的片,最初由某些类型的石头制成,现在由其他材料制成,通常带有框架,用于用同种或其他石头的细棒(石板笔)或粉笔书写;小黑板
A generally rectangular piece, originally of certain types of stone and now of other materials, often in a frame, used for writing on with a thin rod of the same or another stone (a slate pencil) or with chalk; a small chalkboard.
用于屋顶的薄石片;石板瓦
thin layers of rock used for roofing
平板电脑的同义词(“一种手持便携式电脑,具有触摸屏界面”)
Synonym of tablet computer (“a hand-held portable computer in the form of a tablet with a touch screen interface”).
可劈成薄层的细粒变质岩;板岩
a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers
场记板的同义词(“一种设备,由一个板组成,上面记录了正在拍摄的电影的信息,以及一个铰接的部分,在每次拍摄的开始和结束时拍下板子,以便在编辑过程中同步画面和声音”)
Synonym of clapperboard (“a device consisting of a board on which information about a film being recorded is noted, and a hinged piece which is brought down on the board with a clap at the start and end of each take of the film; it is used to synchronize picture and sound during editing”).
记录,例如欠款记录
A record, for example, of money owed.
一种由粘土或火山灰组成的细粒均质沉积岩,经过变质作用后易于劈成薄片
A fine-grained homogeneous sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash which has been metamorphosed so that it cleaves easily into thin layers.
Every child in the old village school had a small slate for writing lessons.
在旧时的乡村学校里,每个孩子都有一块小石板,用来上写字课。
用法提示:slate 在此作名词,指写字用的小石板。
He held up his slate so the teacher could see his answer.
他举起自己的石板,好让老师看到他的答案。
用法提示:slate 在此作名词,指学生用来写字的石板。
Long ago, students wrote on slates instead of in notebooks.
很久以前,学生们在石板上写字,而不是写在笔记本里。
用法提示:slates 是 slate 的复数形式,作名词,指书写用的石板。
指石材时 slate 不可数,不能说 a slate 或 slates。
The roof is made of slate.
屋顶是用石板瓦铺的。
用 slate 直接修饰另一名词,表示“石板的”,形式不变。
They put a slate roof on the old house.
他们给那座老房子铺了石板瓦屋顶。
指写字用的那块石板时,slate 是可数名词,可以说 a slate 或 slates。
In the past, children learned to write on a slate.
过去,孩子们在石板上学写字。
grammar · medium
易错句子The teacher told us to write our names on slate.
正确表达The teacher told us to write our names on a slate.
在“写字石板”这个可数意义上,slate 是单数可数名词,前面必须有 a/the/my 这类限定词。汉语说“在石板上写字”不带冠词,所以容易漏掉,补上 a 才符合英语语法。要区别的是:表示“板岩”材料时才不用冠词。
grammar · medium
易错句子The wall was built of a slate.
正确表达The wall was built of slate.
当指“板岩”这种材料时,slate 是不可数名词,不能用不定冠词 a/an;汉语用“一块石板”这样的量词结构,容易误加 a。去掉 a 后 of slate 才表示材料本身,而 a slate 会变成“一块石板/一片石板瓦”这个可数的具体事物。
grammar · medium
易错句子We need five slate to repair the roof.
正确表达We need five slates to repair the roof.
表示一片片的“石板瓦、石板”时 slate 是可数名词,受数词修饰时必须用复数 slates。汉语名词不随数量加词尾,学习者常只保留单数形式,因此要在数词后写成 slates。
清白的历史;重新开始的机会
After paying off all his debts, he felt he had a clean slate.
还清所有债务后,他觉得自己可以重新开始了。
一张白纸;空白的初始状态
The new manager treated the department as a blank slate.
新经理把这个部门当作一张白纸。
石板屋顶
Rain beat against the slate roof all night.
雨点整夜敲打着石板屋顶。
板岩采石场
Many men in the village worked at the slate quarry.
村里很多男人都在板岩采石场干活。
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