| 单词 | shingle |
| 释义 | shingle1[ shing-guhl ] / ˈʃɪŋ gəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR shingle ON THESAURUS.COM nouna thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos, or the like, usually oblong, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings. a woman's close-cropped haircut. Informal. a small signboard, especially as hung before a doctor's or lawyer's office. verb (used with object), shin·gled, shin·gling.to cover with shingles, as a roof. to cut (hair) close to the head. Idioms for shinglehang out one's shingle, Informal. to establish a professional practice, especially in law or medicine; open an office. have / be a shingle short, Australian Slang. to be mentally disturbed, mad, or eccentric. Origin of shingle1First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English scincle, sc(h)ingle, shyngle, ultimately from Latin scindula, variant of scandula “lath, shingle” (Middle English -g- is unexplained); Latin scindula is due perhaps to association with Greek schíza, schídax “piece of split wood, splinter” OTHER WORDS FROM shingleshingler, nounWords nearby shingleshindy, shine, shiner, shiner perch, shine up to, shingle, shingle oak, shingles, shingling, shingly, Shingon Definition for shingle (2 of 3)shingle2 [ shing-guhl ] / ˈʃɪŋ gəl / nounsmall, waterworn stones or pebbles such as lie in loose sheets or beds on a beach. a beach, riverbank, or other area covered with such small pebbles or stones. Origin of shingle2First recorded in 1530–40; apparently variant of earlier chingle; further origin uncertain; but compare North Frisian singel “gravel,” Norwegian singel “small stones” Definition for shingle (3 of 3)shingle3 [ shing-guhl ] / ˈʃɪŋ gəl / verb (used with object), shin·gled, shin·gling.Metalworking.to hammer or squeeze (puddled iron) into a bloom or billet, eliminating as much slag as possible; knobble. Origin of shingle3First recorded in 1665–75; from French cingler “to whip, beat,” from German zängeln “to shingle,” derivative of Zange “pincers, pliers”; see also tong Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shingleBritish Dictionary definitions for shingle (1 of 3)shingle1 / (ˈʃɪŋɡəl) / nouna thin rectangular tile, esp one made of wood, that is laid with others in overlapping rows to cover a roof or a wall a woman's short-cropped hairstyle US and Canadian a small signboard or nameplate fixed outside the office of a doctor, lawyer, etc a shingle short Australian informal unintelligent or mentally subnormal verb (tr)to cover (a roof or a wall) with shingles to cut (the hair) in a short-cropped style Derived forms of shingleshingler, nounWord Origin for shingleC12 scingle, from Late Latin scindula a split piece of wood, from Latin scindere to split British Dictionary definitions for shingle (2 of 3)shingle2 / (ˈʃɪŋɡəl) / nouncoarse gravel, esp the pebbles found on beaches a place or area strewn with shingle Derived forms of shingleshingly, adjectiveWord Origin for shingleC16: of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian singl pebbles, Frisian singel gravel British Dictionary definitions for shingle (3 of 3)shingle3 / (ˈʃɪŋɡəl) / verb(tr) metallurgy to hammer or squeeze the slag out of (iron) after puddling in the production of wrought iron Word Origin for shingleC17: from Old French dialect chingler to whip, from chingle belt, from Latin cingula girdle; see cingulum Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with shingleshingle see hang out one's shingle. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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