
tile
词源
源自古英语 'tigele',借自拉丁语 'tegula'(屋顶瓦片),与 'tegere'(覆盖)相关。
noun
❶ 瓷砖或瓦片,通常由陶瓷、石头或玻璃制成,用于覆盖屋顶、地板或墙壁等表面。
“The bathroom floor is covered with white tiles.”
(浴室的地板上铺着白色的瓷砖。)
“We need to replace the broken roof tiles after the storm.”
(暴风雨过后,我们需要更换破损的屋顶瓦片。)
❶ 用于游戏或拼图的扁平小片,如多米诺骨牌或拼图块。
“She placed the last tile to complete the jigsaw puzzle.”
(她放上最后一块拼图块,完成了拼图。)
“In dominoes, each player draws seven tiles at the start.”
(玩多米诺骨牌时,每位玩家开始时抽取七张骨牌。)
verb
❶ 用瓷砖或瓦片覆盖某个表面,通常是为了装饰或保护。
“They decided to tile the entire kitchen wall.”
(他们决定用瓷砖铺满整个厨房墙面。)
“The workers are tiling the bathroom floor this week.”
(工人们这周正在给浴室地面铺瓷砖。)
常见短语
on the tiles — 俚语,表示在外狂欢或夜不归宿,通常指整夜玩乐。
“After the party, they were out on the tiles until dawn.”
(派对结束后,他们在外狂欢直到天亮。)
tile cutter — 切割瓷砖的工具,用于调整瓷砖尺寸以适应铺设需求。
“He used a tile cutter to trim the edges of the ceramic pieces.”
(他用瓷砖切割机修整陶瓷片的边缘。)