Slate
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n. 石板;板岩，页岩;行为记录;石板色，深蓝灰色;
vt. 用石板瓦盖，用板岩覆盖（例如屋顶）;把…加到竞选者的名单上;安排或指定;
adj. 石板的;石板色的，深蓝灰色的;
📝 例句
Let's wipe the slate clean and forget our past quarrels.
让我们捐弃前嫌,忘却过去的争吵吧。
There is a loose slate in his house.
他精神有点不对。
A skilled person can split slate into layers.
手巧的人能把板岩剖成片.
When you clean off the slate, take care not to break it.
擦石板时，当心别把它弄碎。
The falling slate sliced into his arm.
落下来的一块石片划破了他的手臂.
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ legislate-制定法律,slate-石板:古代通常把通过的法律刻在石板上
※slat-板条,slate-石板:古希腊选举时在石板上刻候选人的名字→候选人名单
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🔤 词根
📖 牛津释义
slate
n
1
(a) [U] type of blue-grey rock that splits easily into thin flat layers 板岩; 石板
slate-coloured, ie blue-grey 石板色（蓝灰色）
[attrib 作定语]
a slate quarry 板岩采石场.
(b) [C] small thin piece of this, used as a roof tile 石板瓦
[attrib 作定语]
a slate roof 石板瓦屋顶. =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, page vi.
2 [C] small sheet of slate in a wooden frame, formerly used by schoolchildren for writing on 石板（旧时学童书写用具）.
3 [C] (US) list of candidates for nomination or election 提名的或候选人的名单
on the Democratic slate 在民主党候选人名单上.
4 (idm 习语) a clean sheet/slate => clean1. (put sth) on the `slate (infml 口) (note sth down) to be paid for later rather than when it is bought 记在帐上（以後付款）
I've no change, could you put these eggs on the slate? 我没零钱, 能把这些蛋钱记在帐上吗? wipe the slate clean => wipe. slate, v
1 [Tn] cover (a roof, etc) with slates 用石板瓦盖（屋顶等）.
2 (US infml 口)
(a) [esp passive 尤用於被动语态
Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (for sth) propose sb (for an office, appointment, etc) 推举某人（任某职位等）; 提名
slated for the Presidency 被提名作总统候选人.
(b) [esp passive 尤用於被动语态
Tn.pr, Cn.t]
~ sth (for...) plan that sth will happen at a specified time 预定; 定於; 安排在
a meeting slated for Thursday/to take place on Thursday 定於星期四举行的会议.
3 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb/sth (for sth) (Brit infml 口) criticize sb/sth severely, eg in a newspaper review 严厉批评某人[某事物]（如在报纸评论中）
slate a play, book, writer 猛烈抨击一话剧、 书、 作者
The idea got slated by the committee. 这种意见遭到委员会严厉批评.
🔁 扩展释义
*[sleit]n. 板岩, 页岩, 提名名单, 人选, 记录, 石板a. 石板色的vt. 铺石板, 责骂, 痛打相关词组: clean the slate have a slate missing start with a clean slate
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Good night, Harry.
再见。
We can't see it very well.
我们不能看得很清楚。
I had several photographs of Clare Flower, and I picked out one interesting photograph of Clare aged twelve in an art class at school.
我有几张克莱尔·弗劳尔的照片，挑出了一张克莱尔12岁时在学校假期艺术课上拍的很有趣的照片。"