tile

英 [ta?l] 美[ta?l]

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復數:?tiles;第三人稱單數:?tiles;過去式:?tiled;過去分詞:?tiled;現在分詞:?tiling;

1. 易混淆單詞：tile, tilt, hilt, silt, wilt.

tile 瓦，瓷磚，鋪瓦

來自（縮寫自）拉丁語 tegula,瓦，來自 tegere,遮蓋，覆蓋，詞源同 tegular,deck,protect.拼寫比較 regulate,rule.

tile: tile: [OE] A tile is etymologically a ‘cover’. The word comes ultimately from Latin tēgula ‘tile’, a derivative of the same Indo-European base as produced English deck and thatch and Latin tegere ‘cover’ (source of English detect, protect, etc). Tēgula was borrowed into prehistoric West Germanic as *tegala, which evolved into German ziegel, Dutch tegel, and English tile.
=> deck, detect, protect, thatch, toga
tile (n.): early 14c., from Old English tigele "roofing shingle," from Proto-Germanic *tegala (Old Saxon tiegla, Old High German ziagal, German ziegel, Dutch tegel, Old Norse tigl), a borrowing from Latin tegula "roof-tile" (source also of Italian tegola, French tuile), from tegere "roof, to cover" (see stegosaurus). Also used in Old English and early Middle English for "brick," before that word came into use.
tile (v.): "to cover with tiles," late 14c., from tile (n.). Related: Tiled; tiling.

2. Make sure the tile is flush with the surrounding tiles.: 要保證每塊瓷磚都和它周圍的瓷磚在同一平面上。

5. The ancient Egyptians could make glass, tile, turpentine, soap and dyes.: 古埃及人制造了玻璃、瓷磚、松脂、肥皂和染料.