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A slat is a thin, flat strip — often wood, sometimes plastic or metal — used in furniture and fittings. You see slats in a bed base, in a bench, in a crate, in window blinds (the little strips that tilt). One slat is one strip; many slats sit side by side, often with small gaps. It is a plain, practical word, not slang. Though actually, it is not the same as a plank or a board. Those are thicker and wider. A slat is the skinny one. It is also not slate, the grey roof stone, even though the two words are old cousins: both come from Old French esclat, a piece split or broken off.
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組成From Middle English, from Old French esclat, 'a piece split off', from a verb meaning to split or burst. Same family as slate; also a doublet of French-English éclat.
原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
slatnoun/slæt/
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A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.
- slats of a window blind
- To keep people out, the Nature Conservancy, which owns the cave, has blocked off the entrance with huge iron slats.
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aeronauticsaerospaceaviationA control surface that extends forwards and downwards from the leading edge of a wing, leaving a gap between it and the leading edge, in order to modify the airflow around the wing so as to allow flight at a higher angle of attack without stalling, lowering the aircraft's stall speed.
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slanghobbieslifestyleskiingA ski.
- I never got down that hill without losing at least one of my skis! Clarence didn't lose his slats. The straps went over his boots and held them in place. If he fell, he risked breaking a foot or leg, but the slats stayed on.
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A thin piece of stone; a slate.
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A drop (of rain or water), a splash.
- […] slats of rain broke upon the surface.
- A slat of rain drove into his face. It was pitch dark but the sea was calmer and the bucking of the ship had lessened.
slatverb/slæt/
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To construct or provide with slats.
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To slap or strike; to beat, pummel; to hurl or throw down violently.
- Men[dozo]. How did you kill him? / Mal[evole]. Slatted his braines out, then ſowſt him in the brinie ſea. / Men. Braind him and drownd him too?
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To throw (something, especially water or liquid) down; to slam or splash (something) down.
- […] a nudge o' kissing-crust After thy leeky broth: I've warmed thy porridge on tha trivet, Jimmy, zay prayers avore 'e have it, And doant 'e slat tha clath.
- […] slatting water over everything in the dory.
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To fall; to beat (against something).
- […] sending solid grey water slatting against her wheelhouse windows.
- […] water slatting over the rail. The salt caked on her face and when the sun came up, it was as though her face was being pot-roasted - with salt.
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dialectalTo split; to crack.
- Both head-peeces and habergeons were slat and dashed a peeces.
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To set on; to incite.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。