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the slats of [sth]
slat 作名词时常用复数 slats，指细长的木条或金属条。
The slats of the chair were broken.
椅子的板条断了。
条板；板条
slats — plural of slat
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
条板；板条
a thin strip of wood or metal
The slats of the chair were broken.
椅子的板条断了。
由木头(板条)、金属或塑料制成的细窄条或杆。
A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.
从机翼前缘向前下方伸出的操纵面,与机翼前缘之间留有空隙,以改变机翼周围的气流,使飞机能在更大的迎角下飞行而不失速,从而降低失速速度。
A control surface that extends forwards and downwards from the leading edge of a wing, leaving a gap between it and the leading edge, in order to modify the airflow around the wing so as to allow flight at a higher angle of attack without stalling, lowering the aircraft's stall speed.
薄石片；石板。
A thin piece of stone; a slate.
一滴(雨水或水)；溅落的水花。
A drop (of rain or water), a splash.
One of the slats on the garden bench was cracked, so I replaced it.
花园长凳上有一条板条裂了，所以我把那条换掉了。
Sunlight filtered through the slats of the wooden shutter.
阳光透过木百叶窗的板条照了进来。
He picked up a loose slat from the fence and hammered it back into place.
他从栅栏上捡起一块松动的板条，把它重新敲回了原位。
slat 作名词时常用复数 slats，指细长的木条或金属条。
The slats of the chair were broken.
椅子的板条断了。
slat 作及物动词，可表示给…装板条，也可表示关上（窗户等的）板条。
The workers slatted the new fence.
工人们给新篱笆装上了板条。
slat 作不及物动词时，常与 against 连用，表示发出劈啪的碰撞声。
The sail slatted against the mast.
帆劈啪地拍打着桅杆。
Not this
The wooden fence is made of slat.
Use this
The wooden fence is made of slats.
slat 是可数名词，表示“板条”时，复数概念要用 slats；原句把 slat 当不可数名词使用，不符合英语可数名词规则。
Not this
The carpenter slat the wooden frame yesterday.
Use this
The carpenter slatted the wooden frame yesterday.
slat 作动词表示“用条板制造/给…装板条”时是规则动词，过去式要用 slatted；时间状语 yesterday 要求过去时态，不能用动词原形。
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木条板；木制板条
The fence is made of wooden slats.
这栅栏是用木条板做的。
金属条板
Metal slats cover the air vent.
金属条板盖住了通风口。
床板条；床架板条
One of the bed slats has cracked under the weight.
其中一根床板条在重压下裂了。
百叶窗板条；窗户板条
She adjusted the window slats to let in more light.
她调整了百叶窗板条，让更多光线照进来。
百叶帘；条板百叶
The office uses slatted blinds to control the sunlight.
办公室用百叶帘来控制阳光。
板条长椅
We sat on a slatted bench in the park.
我们坐在公园里的板条长椅上。
Use slats naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
巧记：想象百叶窗的一条条薄板（slat）在风中互相拍打，发出“slat, slat”的响声，slat就是“条板”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：建筑与木工、家具制造、百叶窗与遮阳板 slat 作名词时通常指（木/金属）薄条板，多用于建筑、家具和百叶窗等场合，属中性词；作动词时多表示装板条、关板条，或在航海语境中表示（帆）拍打，多出现在技术性描述中。具体词性需根据上下文判断。
这些词与 slat 一样，重读元音为 /æ/，且韵尾均为 /t/，构成完全押韵（/æt/）：cat, bat, flat, mat, rat, hat。注意拼写相似的 sweat /swɛt/、swat /swɒt/（英式）等发音不同，不要按结尾 -at 类推。
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