tiles
/taɪl/ (bre, ipa) · [tˈaɪlz] /taɪl/ (ame, ipa) · [tˈaɪlz] /ˈtī(-ə)l/ (ame, mw)
tiles — 名詞
- tilessingular
- tilesesplural
1. A flat piece of hard material that people use as a covering for parts of a build
磁磚；瓦片
覆蓋屋頂、地板或牆壁用的扁平材料
A flat piece of hard material that people use as a covering for parts of a building — for instance, a wall, the floor, or the roof. It is often made of baked clay, concrete, or natural stone.
The roof of the old temple was covered with green ceramic tiles.
那座老寺廟的屋頂覆蓋著綠色陶瓷瓦片。
ceramic tiles / roof tiles
Darius dropped a heavy stone tile on his foot while working in the garden.
Darius 在花園工作時，一塊厚重的石磚掉下來砸到他的腳。
The kitchen uses white floor tiles with narrow grey lines between them.
廚房採用白色地板磁磚，磁磚之間有細窄的灰色接縫。
After the storm, several clay tiles had fallen off the roof.
暴風雨過後，有幾片黏土瓦片從屋頂掉了下來。
文法句型
tile + verb
adjective + tile(s)
用法筆記
When talking about the material in general, 'tile' can be used as an uncountable noun: 'We bought new tile for the bathroom floor.'
常見錯誤
2. A small flat piece of plastic, wood, or other material that has a letter or symb
麻將牌；字牌
麻將、Scrabble等遊戲用的扁平牌
A small flat piece of plastic, wood, or other material that has a letter or symbol on it. Players pick up and put down these pieces when playing table games like Scrabble or mah-jongg.
Meera drew seven letter tiles from the bag to start her Scrabble turn.
Meera 從袋子裡抽出七張字母牌，開始她的 Scrabble 回合。
letter tiles + verb: draw
Lan carefully placed a mah-jongg tile on the table and smiled at her good luck.
Lan 小心地把一張麻將牌放在桌上，為自己的好運露出笑容。
mah-jongg tile
Tuan checked his seven tiles and realized he could spell the word elephant.
Tuan 檢查了他的七張牌，發現可以拼出 elephant 這個字。
Jude drew a Q tile and tried to find a spot for it on the board.
Jude 抽到了一張 Q 牌，試著在棋盤上找到適合的位置放置。
文法句型
[number] + tile(s)
letter tile / mah-jongg tile
常見錯誤
tiles — 動詞
- tilespresent simple I / you / we / they
- tileses3rd person singular
- tilesing-ing form
- tilesedpast simple
1. To fix flat pieces of hard material such as baked clay, stone, or concrete onto
鋪瓷磚；鋪瓦
用瓷磚或瓦片覆蓋表面
To fix flat pieces of hard material such as baked clay, stone, or concrete onto a wall, floor, or roof as a covering.
The builders will tile the bathroom walls next week while the family is away.
工人下週會趁家人外出時，鋪設浴室的牆面瓷磚。
tile + wall / bathroom
Paloma's grandfather taught her how to tile a kitchen floor when she was fifteen.
Paloma 的祖父在她十五歲時教她如何鋪設廚房地板瓷磚。
The entrance hall was tiled with small blue and white ceramic squares.
入口大廳鋪滿了藍白相間的小型方形陶瓷磚。
Ezra decided to tile the shower himself to save money on the renovation.
Ezra 決定自己動手鋪浴室瓷磚，以節省翻修費用。
文法句型
tile + noun phrase (surface)
be tiled with + material
用法筆記
The object of this verb is always the surface being covered, never the tiles themselves. 'Tile the floor' is correct; 'tile the tiles' is not.