shingle

英 ['ʃɪŋɡl] 美 ['ʃɪŋɡl]

• n. 小圆石；砂砾；木瓦；屋顶板；<口>小招牌；女子短发式样
• v. 盖以木瓦；挤压；锻铁

英英释义

Noun:

1. building material used as siding or roofing

2. coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)

3. a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.

Verb:

1. cover with shingles;

   "shingle a roof"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. On this beach there's too much shingle and not enough sand.
   在这个海滩上,圆卵石太多,沙太少。
2. I prefer a sandy beach to a shingle one.
   我喜欢沙滩，不喜欢遍布小石子的海滩。
3. The roof of our house is covered by shingles.
   我家的屋顶是用木瓦铺的。
4. They lapped one shingle over another in laying a roof.
   他们在铺房顶时，使瓦互相搭接起来。
5. Then he scraped away the dirt, and exposed a pine shingle.
   接着他刨去泥土，下面露出一块松木瓦块。
6. The doctor hung out his shingle at the beginning of this year.
   这位医生今年年初挂牌开业了。
7. She has to take the bar exam before she can hang out her shingle.
   她在挂牌营业以前必须通过律师资格考试。
8. She cut the hair in a shingle.
   她把头剪成短的发型。

经典引文

• Rain-rotted shingles drooped over the eaves of the veranda.

  出自： Harper Lee

• From..the shore came the sound of fine shingle being pulled out and dropped back. attrib.:

  出自： E. North

词汇搭配

• shingle barrier 粗砾滩
• asphalt shingle 沥青瓦,沥青屋面板...
• wood shingle 木屋面
• shingle roofing 木板屋面
• oak shingle 栎木瓦
• clay shingle 陶瓦,粘土瓦...
• shingle structure 叠瓦构造
• wall shingle 墙面板
• asbestos shingle 石棉瓦
• shingle barchan 新月形砾滩
• shingle nail 墙面板,用木板盖屋面...
• shingle beach 卵石海岸
• shingle lap 瓦片搭接
• shingle bank 粗砾岸
• hang out one's shingle 挂牌开业
• hang up one's shingle 挂牌开业

近反义词

【近义词】

• sand 沙
• grit 砂砾
• gravel 碎石
• powder 粉末
• silt 淤泥
• soil 土地
• shake 摇动