noun🔗Share瓦片，木瓦 A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building."The wind ripped a shingle off the roof of our house during the storm. "暴风雨中，我们家的屋顶被风刮掉了一块瓦片/木瓦。architecturematerialbuildingpropertyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share熟铁片，铁片。 A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel."The construction company ordered a large shipment of shingles for the new roof. "建筑公司订购了一大批熟铁片，用于建造新屋顶。materialtechnicalindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share招牌，牌子，字号。 A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle)."The new student's shingle outside the tutoring center advertised "Expert Math Help." "这位新来的学生的辅导中心门外的招牌上写着“专业数学辅导”。businesssignjobmediaorganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share铺瓦，盖瓦。 To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles."The carpenter carefully shingled the roof of the new house. "木匠小心地给新房子的屋顶铺瓦。architecturebuildingmaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share剪成短发，剪成瓦片头. To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof."The hairdresser shingled her client's hair, creating a short, even style. "理发师给她的顾客剪了瓦片头，做出了一个短而整齐的发型。appearancestylehumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share板子，鞭子。 A punitive strap such as a belt."The teacher used a shingle to discipline the student who was misbehaving. "老师用板子/鞭子惩罚了那个不守规矩的学生。lawpoliceweaponChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share板子， 拍子 (by extension) Any paddle used for corporal punishment."The teacher used a wooden shingle to punish the misbehaving student. "老师用木板拍子惩罚了那个不守规矩的学生。utensilactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share精炼，捣炼 To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy."The blacksmith shingled the iron bar to remove the impurities before forging it into a horseshoe. "铁匠在将铁条锻造成马蹄铁之前，先对它进行捣炼，以去除杂质。materialprocessindustrytechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share用木瓦抽打，用木片打. To beat with a shingle."The carpenter shingled the roof with the heavy wooden planks. "那个木匠用厚重的木板给屋顶铺瓦，但他可不是用木瓦抽打屋顶。actionhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share砾石，小圆石。 Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach."The children collected colorful shingle along the beach to decorate their sandcastle. "孩子们在海滩上捡起彩色的砾石来装饰他们的沙堡。geologyenvironmentnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
