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单词 shingle
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shinglenoun

uk/ˈʃɪŋ.ɡəl/us/ˈʃɪŋ.ɡəl/

shingle noun (STONES)

[ U ] small, round stones that cover a beach or the ground by the edge of a river:

a shingle beach
I love the noise of the waves on the shingle.

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Coasts & beaches

  • beached
  • beachfront
  • coast
  • flat
  • hinterland
  • lido
  • mudflat
  • offshore
  • onshore
  • reef
  • riviera
  • rock pool
  • sabkha
  • sand
  • seafront
  • shallow
  • the seashore
  • the waterside
  • tide pool
  • waterfront

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shingle noun (PIECE)

[ C ] a thin, flat tile usually made of wood, that is fixed in rows to make a roof or wall covering

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Building materials

  • adobe
  • airbrick
  • asbestos
  • asphalt
  • bitumen
  • boarding
  • flagstone
  • flitch
  • floorboard
  • flooring
  • hard core
  • lacquer
  • limestone
  • putty
  • razor wire
  • reinforced concrete
  • roofing
  • rubble
  • siding
  • weatherboarding

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Parts of buildings: roofs & parts of roofs

shingle noun (SIGN)

[ C ] US a sign outside a building that says someone is running a business, especially a doctor or lawyer

hang (out) a/your shingle

to start running a business:

Dr James first hung his shingle in Oakland in the mid 1970s.

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Advertising and marketing

  • ad
  • ad agency
  • adman
  • advert
  • advertise
  • CRM
  • cross-promote
  • cross-selling
  • customer relationship management
  • flier
  • flyer
  • mailshot
  • obo
  • ono
  • overvalue
  • own brand
  • patter
  • personal ad
  • USP
  • want ad

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Success & failure in business

shingle noun (DISEASE)

shingles [ U ]

a disease caused by a virus that infects particular nerves and that produces a line or lines of painful red spots, especially around the waist

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Disorders of muscles & the nervous system

  • acoustic neuroma
  • akinetic-rigid HD
  • ALS
  • Alzheimer's
  • amyloid plaque
  • atrophy
  • catalepsy
  • chronic fatigue syndrome
  • cramp
  • Morton's metatarsalgia
  • motor neuron disease
  • Moyamoya disease
  • multiple system atrophy
  • muscular dystrophy
  • myasthenia gravis
  • persistent vegetative state
  • rabid
  • rabies
  • spasm
  • writer's cramp

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Skin complaints & blemishes
shingly
adverb uk/ˈʃɪŋ.ɡəl.i/us/ˈʃɪŋ.ɡəl.i/UK

covered in shingle:

It was uncomfortable walking barefoot on the shingly beach.
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