shingle
美音:
[´ʃıŋgəl
]英音:
[´ʃıŋgəl
]n.鹅卵石,<美口>小招牌(尤指医生或律师挂的营业招牌)
难易程度:
shingle为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
形容词:shingly 名词:shingler 动词过去式:shingled 过去分词:shingled 现在分词:shingling 第三人称单数:shingles
shingle
/'ʃɪŋgl; `ʃɪŋˇl/
n [U] small rounded pebbles on the sea-shore 海滨的小圆石.
/'ʃɪŋgl; `ʃɪŋˇl/
n
1 small, flat, square or oblong piece of wood used as a covering on roofs and walls 盖板; 屋顶板; 木瓦; 墙面板.
2 (US infml 口) small wooden signboard put up outside the office of a doctor, dentist, etc (医生等挂在办事处外面的)木质小招牌.
v [Tn esp passive 尤用于被动语态] cover (a roof, etc) with shingles 用盖板覆盖(屋顶等)
*a shingled church spire 用屋顶板覆盖的教堂尖顶.
shingle
n
[Sense: 1,3; Date: 1100-1200; Origin: Probably from Latin scindula 'flat piece of wood']
[Sense: 2; Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language]
[U and C]
one of many small thin pieces of wood or another building material, fastened in rows to cover a roof or wall
[U]
small round pieces of stone on a beach
the crash of waves on the shingle
a shingle beach
hang out your shingle
AmE to start your own business, especially as a doctor or lawyer