shingled adj. 盖木瓦的;贴有墙面板的
v. 用木瓦盖(shingle的过去式和过去分词形式)
- They shingled the roof.
他们用木瓦盖屋顶。 - The rain beat upon the low, shingled roof with a force and clatter that threatened to break an entrance and deluge them there.
雨水猛烈地敲打着低矮木质屋顶,肆虐着似乎要灌进屋来。 - But a man does need a roof over his head, so I ended up in a weird little amoebic blob of an apartment complex, a haphazard collection of wood-shingled boxes dating from the fifties.
然而人确实需要一个庇身之所,所以我最终选定了一处怪异得如小阿米巴般的复合公寓,是由建于五十年代的木瓦小屋随意组合而成。
Shingle \Shin"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shingled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Shingling}.]
1. To cover with shingles; as, to shingle a roof.
They shingle their houses with it. --Evelyn.
2. To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all
over the head, as shingles on a roof.