shingle

noun

1. （海滨或河边的）卵石滩
   a mass of small smooth stones on a beach or at the side of a river
   1. a shingle beach
      卵石海滩
2. 墙面板；木瓦；屋顶板
   a small flat piece of wood that is used to cover a wall or roof of a building
3. （诊所或律师事务所挂的）招牌
   a board with a sign on it, in front of a doctor's or lawyer's office
   1. He hung out his own shingle (= started a business as a doctor or lawyer) .
      他独自挂牌开业了。

1. N-UNCOUNT (海边或河边的)碎石滩
   Shingle is a mass of small rough pieces of stone on the shore of a sea or a river.
   1. ...a beach of sand and shingle.
      碎石沙滩
2. 带状疱疹(尤见于腰部)
   Shingles is a disease in which painful red spots spread in bands over a person's body, especially around their waist.
3. N-COUNT 木瓦;墙面板;屋顶板
   Shingles are thin pieces of wood or another material which are fixed in rows to cover a roof or wall.
   1. The roofs had shingles missing.
      一些屋顶板不见了。
4. (诊所或律师事务所等外面所挂的)招牌
   A shingle is a small sign that is hung outside a building, such as the place where a doctor or lawyer works.

1. The roofs had shingles missing.
   一些屋顶板不见了。
2. A large section of the wood shingle roof was burning as the fire trucks pulled up.
   当消防车赶到的时候，一大片的木屋正在燃烧着。
3. Land access hangs out his shingle publicly trade, should announcement lowest trades valence and other trading terms.
   土地使用权公开挂牌交易的，应公告最低交易价和其他交易条件。
4. Then he scraped away the dirt, and exposed a pine shingle.
   接着他刨去泥土，下面露出一块松木瓦块。
5. She sighed slightly as she sat on shingle in the sunshine.
   阳光下，他坐在屋瓦上轻声地叹气。
6. The attorney will hang out his shingle after he has passed the bar exam.
   这位律师通过律师考试后，将要自己开业。
7. We sat listening to the noise of the waves on the shingle.
   我们坐着，倾听着海浪打在卵石上的声音。
8. Just looks like a normal shingle road now.
   现在看来像盖着砂石的路。
9. They lapped one shingle over another in laying a roof.
   他们在铺房顶时，使瓦互相搭接起来。
10. His grandfather's shingle, and waited for opportunity to knock.
    他挂出了祖父的行医招牌，等机会来敲门。
11. 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。
12. Tramping over the shingle and larger rocks on the beach, he secretly stifled his anger.
    他踩着河滩地上的卵石和硬石，不动声色地压制着心头的怒火。
13. They hunted there, among the shingle, in the clefts of the rocks, but found nothing.
    他们在砾石堆和岩缝里乱找，但是什么也没有找到。
14. With a bit of bravado, the old gang hung out their new shingle: the Prediction Company.
    虽然带着那么一点虚张声势的味道，但这伙子旧匪还是把他们的新招牌给挂了出来：预测公司。
15. With long strides he crunched along the shingle, biting his lips-he had already left the girl behind: as soon as the Yongding River reached the plain it surrendered.
    他大踏步地踏着砾石块，咬着嘴唇走着，那位姑娘已经被他甩在背后了。永定河来到平原就屈服了。
16. He can sail a shingle in a hurricane.
    他能在风暴中架一叶扁舟。
17. They buried the shingle close to the wall, with some dismal ceremonies and incantations, and the fetters that bound their tongues were considered to be locked and the key thrown away.
    他们念着咒语，举行了干巴巴的埋葬仪式，靠墙将松木板埋了。他们认为连同埋葬的还有那锁住他们口舌的枷锁，因此钥匙也用不着了。
18. He hung out his own shingle.
    他独自挂牌开业了。
19. The riverbed contained by the dike was deep and broad, lined with iron-grey shingle.
    被高堤嵌住的河床又宽又深，满盛着一川铁灰色的砾石。
20. She has to take the bar exam before she can hang out her shingle.
    她在挂牌营业以前必须通过律师资格考试。
21. Shingle and cobble rock shall have flinty structure and be durable.
    粗砾和卵石应质地坚硬，耐久。
22. ( of a shore or shoreline) having an extensive gently sloping area covered with sand or gravel or shingle down to the water line.
    （指海岸或者海岸线）具有广阔、坡度平缓的地区，从上面到水线都覆盖着沙、沙砾或者鹅卵石。
23. We listened to the rain on the shingle roof.
    我们听着雨水打在屋顶的木瓦上。
24. Tumbling over clumsily a few times, the rock hit a pile of shingle next to the water's edge and shattered. I prefer a sandy beach to a shingly one.
    石头笨拙地翻了个跟头，啪地摔碎在河滩的砾石堆上。我喜欢沙滩，不喜欢遍布小圆石的海滩。
25. The fibreglass is also important because it gives the mechanical resistance to the shingle.
    玻璃纤维的另一个重要因素是它保证了玻纤瓦的机械拉力。
26. Pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles. The boat grounded on a shingle bank.
    用圆石或鹅卵石覆盖道路。船在铺满圆卵石的海滩上搁浅了。
27. A good shingle roof is a most durable type of roof.
    用优质木瓦盖的屋顶是一种经久耐用的屋顶。
28. The topic of my Master's thesis was to design the K ä rs ä m ä ki shingle church, through which I studied the tradition of wood construction and the opportunities that handicraft provides.
    我的代表作的主题就是设计一座Kärsämäki木瓦教堂，为此我学习到了木材建筑的传统和手工制品赋予我的机会。
29. And a shingle came loose.
    可是一个鹅卵石掉了。

noun

1. a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g.

2. coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)

3. building material used as siding or roofing

   Synonym:    shake

verb

1. cover with shingles
   1. shingle a roof