English Dictionary

shingle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈʃɪŋ.ɡəl/

名詞

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.

日本語の意味

建物の屋根や側面を覆うために、重ね合わせる形で使用される薄くて小さい建材。通常、一方の端がもう一方より厚くなっている。

A gust of wind lifted a loose shingle from the roof and carried it into the yard.

強い風が屋根の緩んだ、端がやや厚く重ねて屋根を覆う薄い屋根材の一枚をはがして庭まで飛ばした。

意味（1）

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.

I reached St. Asaph, a Bishop's See, where there is a very poor Cathedral Church, covered with Shingles or Tiles

意味（2）

A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.

意味（3）

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).

He … hung a shingle as a barber.

shingles （ plural ）