单词	shingle
释义	shingleshin‧gle /ˈʃɪŋɡəl/ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINshingle Origin: 1,3 1100-1200 Probably from Latin scindula ‘flat piece of wood’2 1500-1600 Probably from a Scandinavian language Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS All new shingle roofs need sun to melt the tar between the layers and make them stick together. All the houses are wooden shingle, window boxes overflowing with wooden flowers on every balcony and window ledge. It had two intact stone chimneys, green shingles, a boarded-up door, window frames with no windows. The shingles were red and purple; some were the size of shirt buttons, some the size of chestnuts. The place fascinated me - narrow country roads, little lost villages, great shingle beaches and lonely salt marshes. The tide was high, he could hear the sound of waves on the shingle beach. The trapped water pools and backs up under the shingles, where it can leak into the house. They have washed up on a shingle strand beside a lonely and barely habitable estancia. word sets WORD SETS► Geology agglomerate, nounalabaster, nounanthracite, nounasbestos, nounatoll, nounbasalt, nounbasin, nounbauxite, nounbed, nounbedrock, nounberyl, nounbluff, nouncanyon, nouncape, nouncarboniferous, adjectivechalk, nounchalky, adjectivechasm, nounclay, nouncliff, nouncoal, nouncoastal, adjectivecoastline, nounconglomerate, nouncontinental drift, nouncontinental shelf, nouncore, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncrater, nouncreek, nounCretaceous, adjectivecrevasse, nouncrust, nouncrystal, nouncrystalline, adjectivecrystallize, verbdelta, noundeposit, noundeposition, noundune, noundust bowl, nounearthquake, nounelevation, nounemery, nounepicentre, nounepoch, nounera, nounerode, verberosion, nounerupt, verbescarpment, nounestuary, nounextinct, adjectivefault, nounfeeder, nounfeldspar, nounfiord, nounfjord, nounflint, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefold, nounfool's gold, nounfossil, nounfossilize, verbfriable, adjectivegeology, noungeyser, nounglaciation, nounglacier, nounGondwanaland, granite, noungrassland, noungroundwater, noungulf, noungully, nounheadland, nounhinterland, nounhot spring, nounigneous, adjectiveimpervious, adjectiveinactive, adjectiveinlet, nounisthmus, nounjasper, nounjet, nounkaolin, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandslide, nounlandslip, nounlava, nounleach, verblevee, nounlime, nounlimestone, nounloam, nounlowlands, nounmagma, nounmarble, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmatrix, nounmetamorphic, adjectivemica, nounmineral, nounmineralogy, nounmining, nounmoraine, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmudslide, nounnugget, nounoasis, nounoilfield, nounore, nounoutcrop, nounpalaeontology, nounPalaeozoic, adjectivePangaea, peninsula, nounpermafrost, nounpetroleum, nounpillar, nounpinnacle, nounplate, nounplate tectonics, nounporous, adjectivepothole, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounpromontory, nounpumice, nounpyrites, nounquartz, nounravine, nounreservoir, nounridge, nounrift, nounrift valley, nounriver, nounrock, nounrock salt, nounsand, nounsand bar, nounsandstone, nounsapphire, nounscarp, nounschist, nounscree, nounseam, nounsediment, nounsedimentary, adjectivesedimentation, nounseismic, adjectiveseismograph, nounseismology, nounsettlement, nounshale, nounshelf, nounshingle, nounsilica, nounsilicate, nounsilt, nounslate, nounstalactite, nounstalagmite, nounstone, nounstrait, nounstrata, stratified, adjectivestratum, nounsubsoil, nounsubstratum, nounsummit, nounterrain, nounthermal, adjectivetopaz, nountopsoil, nountor, nountremor, nountributary, nountrilobite, nountsunami, nountundra, nounturquoise, nounvalley, nounvein, nounvolcanic, adjectivevolcano, nounwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwater table, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► shingle beach  a shingle beach COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a shingle/pebble/pebbly beach (=covered with very small stones)· Both resorts have small shingle beaches. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► bank · We walked along the shingle bank - and it was then the blizzard hit us.· More than 80 of these include mudflats, sand dunes, salt marshes and shingle banks.· A nine-mile bleak shingle bank - growing each year - separating Orford from the sea.· Below Dalrachney the river levels out into long, steady-flowing, deep pools, interspersed by rough, shallow, shingle banks. ► beach · The place fascinated me - narrow country roads, little lost villages, great shingle beaches and lonely salt marshes.· The concealed flakes must have reminded him of hunting for food on a shingle beach.· Taking courage in both hands, I began to steer the fish towards the shingle beach.· On the shingle beach, where the burnet rose grows, ringed plovers incubate eggs in shallow scrapes.· There is a shingle beach in the town, with bathing facilities.· The tide was high, he could hear the sound of waves on the shingle beach.· Bardolino is just five minutes by local bus from Garda and the shingle beaches are a ten minute walk from the village.· Colourful parasols dot its fine shingle beach and, inland, rolling rural landscapes await those who like to explore. VERB► hang · Elsewhere anyone was at liberty to hang up a shingle and go into practice as a physician. 1[countable, uncountable] one of many small thin pieces of wood or another building material, fastened in rows to cover a roof or wall2[uncountable] small round pieces of stone on a beach:  the crash of waves on the shingle a shingle beach3hang out your shingle American English informal to start your own business, especially as a doctor or lawyer
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