英语词汇“slate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

slateslate1 /sleɪt/ noun

ETYMOLOGYslate¹

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French esclat thin piece split off, from esclater to burst, splinter

1[uncountable] earth science a dark gray rock that can easily be split into flat thin pieces2slate blue/gray a dark blue or gray color3[countable] social studies, politics a list of people that voters can choose in an election, or who are being considered for an important job: the party’s slate of candidates4[countable] a small black board or a flat piece of slate in a wooden frame that can be written on with chalk or a special stick made of rock, used in schools in the past [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French esclat thin piece split off, from esclater to burst, splinter] → see also a clean slate at clean1 (10), wipe the slate clean at wipe1 (5)

noun | verb

slateslate2 verb [transitive usually passive]

VERB TABLE

slate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	slate
	he, she, it	slates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	slated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have slated
	he, she, it	has slated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had slated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will slate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have slated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am slating
	he, she, it	is slating
	you, we, they	are slating
Past	I, he, she, it	was slating
	you, we, they	were slating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been slating
	he, she, it	has been slating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been slating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be slating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been slating

to expect or plan something: be slated to do/be something He is slated to appear at the Jazz Festival next year.be slated for something Every house on this block is slated for demolition.