Slate

[sleɪt] or [slet]

解释:

(noun.) (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate.

(noun.) a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices.

(noun.) a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers.

(noun.) thin layers of rock used for roofing.

(verb.) designate or schedule; 'He slated his talk for 9 AM'; 'She was slated to be his successor'.

(verb.) cover with slate; 'slate the roof'.

(verb.) enter on a list or slate for an election; 'He was slated for borough president'.

杰克逊整理--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) An argillaceous rock which readily splits into thin plates; argillite; argillaceous schist.

(v. t.) Any rock or stone having a slaty structure.

(v. t.) A prepared piece of such stone.

(v. t.) A thin, flat piece, for roofing or covering houses, etc.

(v. t.) A tablet for writing upon.

(v. t.) An artificial material, resembling slate, and used for the above purposes.

(v. t.) A thin plate of any material; a flake.

(v. t.) A list of candidates, prepared for nomination or for election; a list of candidates, or a programme of action, devised beforehand.

(v. t.) To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a globe.

(v. t.) To register (as on a slate and subject to revision), for an appointment.

(v. t.) To set a dog upon; to bait; to slat. See 2d Slat, 3.

手打:萨曼莎

解释:

n. a highly metamorphosed argillaceous rock fine-grained and fissile and of a dull blue gray purple or green colour—used in thin slabs of small size for ordinary roofs and in larger slabs for dairy-fittings wash-tubs cisterns tables &c. and when polished for writing-slates and 'black-boards:' a piece of slate for roofing or for writing upon: a preliminary list of candidates before a caucus.—adj. bluish-gray slate-coloured.—v.t. to cover with slate: to enter on a slate.—ns. Slate′-axe a slater's tool a sax; Slate′-clay a fissile shale.—adjs. Slā′ted covered with slates; Slate′-gray of a light slate colour.—ns. Slate′-pen′cil a cut or turned stick of soft slate or of compressed moistened slate-powder for writing on slate; Slā′ter; Slā′tiness the quality of being slaty; Slā′ting the act of covering with slates: a covering of slates: materials for slating.—adj. Slā′ty resembling slate: having the nature or properties of slate.

v.t. to abuse criticise severely: (prov.) to set a dog at.—n. Slā′ting a severe criticism.

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