| 单词 | shingle |
| 释义 | shingle (once / 1445 pages) nv A shingle is a thin piece of wood used in making a roof or a signboard outside an office, especially a doctor’s or lawyer's. If you’re opening a business, hang your shingle outside so people can find you. One kind of shingle is a rectangular piece of wood or other material used to make a roof. The other is a type of small sign outside an office that shows someone is ready to see clients, patients, or other types of customers. The word shingle is from the Latin scindere for "to split,” as in splitting wood, and whatever you do with a shingle, it’s a small flat hunk of wood. WORD FAMILYshingle: shingled, shingler, shingles, shingling, shingly+/shingler: shinglers USAGE EXAMPLESThe shingle beach, edged by wild green plants of all types, stretches toward a broad estuary. New York Times(Dec 20, 2016) The old cedar roof was removed and replaced with treated cedar shingles. Washington Times(Dec 04, 2016) They also see specialists who are more focused on cardiology or oncology than on flu and shingles. New York Times(Dec 02, 2016) 1n building material used as siding or roofing Syn|Hyper shake building material material used for constructing buildings 2n a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g. Hyper sign, signboard structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted 3n coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel) Hyper crushed rock, gravel rock fragments and pebbles 4v cover with shingles shingle a roof Hyper roof provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof |
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