roof shingle

基本解釋

Houses need not serve as tinder, Cohen says; they can be built with fire-resistant roof shingles and siding.
科恩稱，房子大可不必遭逢火災(zāi)。
Now you can harness the sun's power right through roof shingles, thanks to a technology called thin-film triple-junction amorphous silicon.
現(xiàn)在您可以利用太陽的力量，通過正確的屋頂瓦，使用薄膜三重結(jié)非晶矽技術(shù)。
On hot afternoons, Mr. Newman runs a hose to the roof and douses the shingles for 20 minutes, which he swears lowers the temperature inside.
在一個(gè)炎熱的夏日午後，紐曼拉著水琯來到天臺(tái)，用涼水給屋頂沖了20分鍾，竝言之鑿鑿地說，這樣可以降低室內(nèi)溫度。

Yes, there's opportunity here for someone with Thomas Edison's creativity and a willingness to work on ... asphalt roof shingles.
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Filler added that those in the photovoltaic field hope to see solar conversional devices in everything we own, including roof shingles, sign posts, clothing, etc.
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The nails that fasten them to the roof could also raise, allowing water to get underneath and in to your home, if any part of the shingles or roof had been poorly installed in the first place.
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