a tile
tile 是可数名词，单数形式前通常要有冠词或限定词，如 a tile、the tile、another tile。
She chipped a tile while cleaning the bathroom.
她打扫浴室时磕坏了一块瓷砖。
瓦；瓷砖；地砖
tiles — plural of tile
（麻将、拼字游戏等的）牌；棋子；（计算机图形中的）矩形图块；（乐高积木的）光板；规则形状的粘土或其他材料薄片,粘贴用于覆盖或装饰表面,如屋瓦、釉面砖、炉砖、地毯砖等。；用于覆盖表面的扁平矩形薄片(如烧制粘土、橡胶或油毡制成)
A flat, usually rectangular slab of clay or other material used to cover or decorate surfaces, such as a roof, wall, or floor.
屋顶用的通常叫瓦，墙面或地面用的叫瓷砖、地砖。
规则形状的粘土或其他材料薄片,粘贴用于覆盖或装饰表面,如屋瓦、釉面砖、炉砖、地毯砖等。
A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc.
用于覆盖表面的扁平矩形薄片(如烧制粘土、橡胶或油毡制成)
a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
矩形图形。
A rectangular graphic.
用于屋顶的烧制粘土薄片
a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing
某些游戏中使用的扁平长方体棋子,如多米诺骨牌、拼字游戏或麻将。
Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.
游戏用具,即带有字符的扁平薄片,用于麻将、拼字游戏等棋盘游戏
game equipment consisting of a flat thin piece marked with characters and used in board games like Mah-Jong, Scrabble, etc.
一种乐高零件,高度为积木砖的三分之一,顶部光滑无凸点。
A Lego piece that is 1/3 the height of a brick, and is smooth without studs on top.
The kitchen floor is covered with white ceramic tiles.
厨房地面铺着白色瓷砖。
用法提示：tiles 作名词复数，指瓷砖。
One of the roof tiles came loose during the storm.
暴风雨中有一片屋瓦松动了。
用法提示：tiles 作名词复数，指屋瓦。
She placed the red tile on the Scrabble board to make a word.
她把红色字母牌放在拼字游戏棋盘上拼了一个词。
用法提示：tile 作名词单数，指游戏牌。
tile 是可数名词，单数形式前通常要有冠词或限定词，如 a tile、the tile、another tile。
She chipped a tile while cleaning the bathroom.
她打扫浴室时磕坏了一块瓷砖。
说明某表面被瓦片或砖块铺满时，常用 be covered with 或 be covered in 加复数 tiles。
The kitchen floor is covered with tiles.
厨房地板铺满了瓷砖。
tile 可直接放在另一名词前作定语，用来说明该物的材质，如 tile roof、tile floor。
They put a new tile roof on the house.
他们给房子换上了新的瓦屋顶。
grammar · medium
易错句子There are many tile on the roof.
正确表达There are many tiles on the roof.
tile 是可数名词,many 后面必须跟复数名词,所以要用 tiles。汉语名词没有单复数变化,'很多瓦片'直译时容易漏掉 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子We need to buy three pieces of tile for the bathroom floor.
正确表达We need to buy three tiles for the bathroom floor.
tile 本身是可数名词,一块完整的瓷砖是 a tile,不需要量词 piece。a piece of tile 通常指一块破碎的瓷砖碎片,与'安装三块完整瓷砖'的本意不符。这是受汉语'一块瓷砖'中量词'块'的影响。
grammar · medium
易错句子The bathroom walls are covered with bricks.
正确表达The bathroom walls are covered with tiles.
brick 指砌墙用的大块'砖',tile 指贴在表面做覆盖或装饰的'瓷砖/瓦片'。汉语'砖'与'瓷砖'都含'砖'字,容易把墙面瓷砖误说成 bricks。
陶瓷砖
The bathroom floor is covered with ceramic tiles.
浴室地面铺满了陶瓷砖。
屋瓦
Several roof tiles were blown off in the storm.
暴风雨中，几片屋瓦被吹落了。
地砖
They laid new floor tiles in the hallway.
他们在走廊里铺了新地砖。
墙砖
The wall tiles in the shower are easy to clean.
淋浴间的墙砖很容易清洁。
釉面砖
Glazed tiles give the kitchen a shiny surface.
釉面砖让厨房的表面光亮。
马赛克砖
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The artist used mosaic tiles to create a colorful pattern.
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