| 单词 | shingle |
| 释义 | shingle shingle1 —shingler, n. /shing"geuhl/, n. , v. , shingled, shingling. n. 1. a thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos, or the like, usually oblong, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings. 2. a woman's close-cropped haircut. 3. Informal. a small signboard, esp. as hung before a doctor's or lawyer's office. 4. have or be a shingle short, Australian Slang. to be mentally disturbed, mad, or eccentric. 5. hang out one's shingle, Informal. to establish a professional practice, esp. in law or medicine; open an office. v.t. 6. to cover with shingles, as a roof. 7. to cut (hair) close to the head. [1150-1200; ME scincle, sc(h)ingle < ML scindula lath, shingle (ME -g- appar. by assoc. with another unidentified word), L scandula (ML -i- perh. by assoc. with Gk schíza lath, splinter, or related words)] shingle2 /shing"geuhl/, n. 1. small, waterworn stones or pebbles such as lie in loose sheets or beds on a beach. 2. a beach, riverbank, or other area covered with such small pebbles or stones. [1530-40; appar. var. of earlier chingle; cf. Norw singel small stones] shingle3 /shing"geuhl/, v.t., shingled, shingling. Metalworking. to hammer or squeeze (puddled iron) into a bloom or billet, eliminating as much slag as possible; knobble. [1665-75; < F cingler to whip, beat < G zängeln, deriv. of Zange TONGS] |
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