Word
sunblind
/ˈsʌnblaind/
noun
遮阳帘；遮阳篷
a blind used to protect against the sun
- 1.
A blind used to protect against the sun.
遮阳用的帘子。
遮阳用的帘子。；窗檐
In use
We pulled down the sunblind to keep the afternoon sun out of the kitchen.
The café has sunblinds on every window so customers can sit in the shade.
She adjusted the sunblind so that just a little light came into the room.
put up / lower a sunblind
She put up the sunblind to block the afternoon sun.
她撑起了遮阳篷以遮挡午后的阳光。
a sunblind + cover / provide shade
The sunblind covers the entire window and provides shade.
这个窗檐覆盖了整个窗户并提供阴凉。
Common mistakes
I sat under sunblind.I sat under a sunblind.
英语中可数名词通常需要冠词或限定词；中文没有这种要求，所以学习者可能遗漏冠词。添加冠词 'a' 使句子语法正确。
Sunblind is used to provide shade.Sunblinds are used to provide shade.
英文中可数名词表示泛指时用复数或加冠词；中文用零冠词表示泛指，学习者常直接用单数不加冠词。改用复数形式'Sunblinds'表示类别。
Connections
Learner notes
Grammar Note
常与a连用，如a sunblind；复数形式为sunblinds。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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