Shingle
[ 'ʃiŋgl ]
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n. 鹅卵石;木瓦板;小招牌;
vt. 用木瓦板盖（屋顶）;把（女子头发）剪短;
📝 例句
The boat grounded on a shingle bank.
船在铺满圆卵石的海滩上搁浅了。
On this beach there's too much shingle and not enough sand.
在这个海滩上,圆卵石太多,沙太少。
hang out [up] one's shingle
<医师、律师> 挂出招牌开业
We listened to the rain on the shingle roof.
我们听着雨水打在屋顶的木瓦上。
He picked up a clean pine shingle that lay in the moonlight,
他借着月光从地上捡起一块干净的松木板，
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ shingle-木瓦,shine-阳光:木头瓦片天天接受阳光
※ single-单一,h-似“椅子”:椅子上只有单一的一个鹅卵石
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
shingle
n[U]
small rounded pebbles on the sea-shore 海滨的小圆石.
shingle n
1 small, flat, square or oblong piece of wood used as a covering on roofs and walls 盖板; 屋顶板; 木瓦; 墙面板.
2 (US infml 口) small wooden signboard put up outside the office of a doctor, dentist, etc （医生等挂在办事处外面的）木质小招牌. shingle, v [Tn esp passive 尤用於被动语态]
cover (a roof, etc) with shingles 用盖板覆盖（屋顶等）
a shingled church spire 用屋顶板覆盖的教堂尖顶.
🔁 扩展释义
*['ʃiŋgl]n. 墙面板, 小招牌
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I didn't quite catch your name.
对不起，我没听清楚你的名字。
They that live longest must die at last.
活得最久长，终难免一亡。
After all, all living creatures live by feeding on something else, whether it be plant or animal, dead or alive, and it is only by chance that such a fate is avoided.
因为一切生物都是靠吃别的东西来活命的，不管这种东西是植物还是动物，死的还是活的，因此，生物偶尔才能避免被吃掉的命运。