shingle

• 多义词：铺屋顶或外墙用的薄片建筑材料；海滩上被水冲刷磨圆的大颗粒砾石；或医生、律师等专业人士挂在诊所或事务所门口的小招牌。

A noun with multiple meanings: a thin piece of building material used for roofing or siding; coarse, waterworn gravel found on beaches; or a small signboard indicating a professional office, such as a doctor's or lawyer's.

1. Roofing or siding materialB1formal

   A thin, flat piece of wood, slate, or other material used to cover roofs or walls in overlapping rows.

   木瓦

   • The old wooden shingles were replaced with modern asphalt ones.
   • A strong wind tore several shingles off the roof.
   • The house has beautiful cedar shingles on its exterior walls.

   同义词shakeslatetile

2. Beach gravelB2formalbritish

   Small, smooth, water-worn stones and pebbles found on a beach, or a stretch of shore covered with such material.

   砾石

   • The beach was covered in fine shingle, not sand.
   • We walked along the shingle, listening to the waves.
   • The shingle crunched under our feet as we approached the water.

   同义词gravel

3. Professional signboardB2informalamerican

   A small signboard, typically displayed outside the office of a professional such as a doctor or lawyer.

   招牌

   • The lawyer hung out his shingle and started his own practice.
   • She decided to hang her shingle as a therapist in the city center.
   • The old doctor's shingle still hangs above the door.

   同义词doorplatenameplatesignsignboard

• 用重叠的矩形瓦片（通常为木、沥青或石板）覆盖屋顶或墙壁。

A verb meaning to cover a roof or wall with overlapping rectangular tiles, typically made of wood, asphalt, or slate.

1. Cover with shinglesB2formal

   To cover a roof or wall with overlapping rectangular pieces of material, such as wood, slate, or asphalt.

   铺木瓦

   • The workers shingled the entire roof in two days.
   • They hired a contractor to shingle the new house.
   • He learned how to shingle a roof from his father.