| 单词 | roof tile | 
| 释义 | roof tilen.  A tile used as a roofing material, a roofing tile; = tile n.1 1a   (also in non-count use); (esp. in early use also) tiling for covering the top ridge of a roof; a ridge tiling. Also figurative and in figurative context. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > tile > 			[noun]		 > for roofing > for ridge roof tileeOE rig-tile1327 ridge tile1382 crest1430 crest-tile1477 rigging stone1573 crease1703 ridgetop1761 ridge tiling1795 crown tile1823 comb1824 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > tile > 			[noun]		 > for roofing tilea725 thack-tilec725 long twelve1688 roof tile1936 eOE    Cleopatra Gloss. in  W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III 		(Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.)	 		(1951)	 241  				Imbricibus, hroftigelum. OE    Antwerp Gloss. 		(1955)	 138  				Tegulae, Imbrices, Lateres uel laterculi , hroftigla. 1361–2    in  K. C. Newton Thaxted in 14th Cent. 		(1960)	 71 (MED)  				[In 130] Roftyl [&] Cornertyl [bought for the same 6 s. 8 d.]. 1382    in  V. Harding  & L. Wright London Bridge: Sel. Accts. 		(1995)	 22  				[Paid for 15] roftyles. 1423    in  R. W. Chambers  & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. 		(1931)	 157 (MED)  				Item, for dj quarteron of rooff till, ix d. 1471–3    in  C. L. Kingsford Rep. MSS Ld. de l'Isle & Dudley 		(1925)	 I. 236 (MED)  				Pro c de roftyle ap opus manerii, 3 s. 1546    in  J. M. Cowper Accts. Churchwardens St. Dunstan's, Canterbury 		(?1886)	 68  				For playne tylle, iiij s. viij d.; for rwffe tylle, xj d. 1580    C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong  				Enfestau, or festiére, a roofe tile. 1611    R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues  				Faistiere, a ridge-tyle, Creast-tile, Roofe-tile. 1673    J. Moore tr.  T. Moretti Treat. Artillery  iv. iv. 69  				A Cartridge-Ladle of wood, made in form of a Roof-Tile of a great house. 1700    Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 4  				Roof Tiles..are laid upon the..ridge of the Roof. 1793    J. Woodforde Diary 3 Mar. 		(1929)	 IV. 12  				It blowed off many Tiles from the old part of the House, some Roof Tiles. 1856    Chambers's Jrnl. 19 July 48/2  				Look grimly on the streets, On roof-tiles where a parching sunshine beats. 1898    J. G. Frazer tr.  Pausanias Descr. Greece III. 257  				A roof-tile..is inscribed with the name Antoninus. 1936    Discovery May 142/2  				The dangerous sprinkling of snow over the ‘roof tile’ slabs [of Mount Everest]. 1940    ‘Gun Buster’ Return via Dunkirk  i. i. 11  				The house was its old self even to the last brick, the last roof-tile. 1957    Jrnl. Geol. 		(Chicago)	 65 239/1  				The deeply trenched roof-tile shapes of figure 8 and the delicate fern-frond pattern..shown in figure 9 are two of several different shapes exposed in a single quarry of that area. 1988    J. Brodsky To Urania 13  				Below, haystacks, pastures, a glade of roof tiles, colonnades, brick, cast-iron; and—proud in his boots—a by-blow of the state. 2007    Independent 6 Dec. 38/5  				Each is single storey and topped with grey roof-tiles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < | 
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