tiling
tiling — 動詞
1. to put flat pieces of baked clay, stone, or other hard material onto a wall, flo
貼磁磚；鋪設
將磁磚或瓦片鋪在表面
to put flat pieces of baked clay, stone, or other hard material onto a wall, floor, or roof to create a hard-wearing decorative surface
Tamar is tiling the kitchen backsplash with small blue ceramic squares.
Tamar 正在用藍色磁磚鋪設廚房的後擋板。
present continuous: be tiling [surface] with [material]
Caleb learned the basics of tiling a bathroom floor from his uncle.
Caleb 從叔叔那裡學到了鋪設浴室地板的基本技巧。
gerund after preposition: of tiling
Élise spent the whole afternoon tiling the patio with handmade stone pieces.
Élise 花了整個下午用手工石磚鋪設庭院地面。
Ryo checked that every tile was level before tiling the next row onto the wall.
Ryo 在鋪下一排磁磚到牆上之前，檢查了每片是否平整。
The contractor finished tiling the hotel lobby just before the grand opening.
承包商在盛大開幕前完成了飯店大廳的貼磚工作。
文法句型
tile + [surface]
be tiling + [surface]
spend [time] + tiling + [surface]
用法筆記
Commonly used in continuous tenses (be tiling) or as a gerund after prepositions (before tiling, after tiling) and verbs of completing or spending time (finish tiling, spent the day tiling).
常見錯誤
tiling — 名詞
1. a surface, such as a floor, wall, or roof, that has been covered with rows of fl
磁磚面
貼滿磁磚的表面
a surface, such as a floor, wall, or roof, that has been covered with rows of flat pieces of clay, stone, or other material
The cracked tiling in the old school hallway needed to be replaced.
舊學校走廊上龜裂的磁磚面需要更換。
uncountable with definite article: the tiling
Naoko admired the colorful mosaic tiling on the public bathhouse walls.
Naoko 欣賞著公共澡堂牆上色彩繽紛的馬賽克磁磚面。
Omar noticed that the tiling on the restaurant floor was uneven near the kitchen entrance.
Omar 注意到餐廳地板的磁磚面在廚房入口附近有些不平。
Water stains had ruined the white tiling around the bathroom sink over the years.
長年下來，水漬已經毀了浴室洗手檯周圍的白色磁磚面。
The beautiful blue tiling inside the mosque had been there for two centuries.
清真寺內部美麗的藍色磁磚面已經存在了兩個世紀。
- tilework
more formal, often used for decorative or artistic tile arrangements
用法筆記
Uncountable noun — do not add an -s to make it plural. Use 'a piece of tiling' or 'an area of tiling' to refer to individual sections.
常見錯誤
2. the skill, job, or activity of fixing tiles onto surfaces such as floors, walls,
貼磚工作
鋪設磁磚的技能或工作
the skill, job, or activity of fixing tiles onto surfaces such as floors, walls, and roofs as part of building or decorating
Ravindra took a three-week course in tiling before starting his own business.
Ravindra 在開始自己的事業之前，上了三週的鋪磁磚課程。
collocation: course in tiling
The tiling of the swimming pool took the construction team nearly a month.
游泳池的貼磚工程花了施工團隊將近一個月的時間。
Quan's father taught him the basics of tiling when they remodeled the kitchen.
Quan 的父親在改造廚房時，教了他鋪磁磚的基本知識。
Modern tiling requires careful measurement and precision cutting of each piece.
現代的貼磚工作需要仔細測量並精準切割每一片磁磚。
Lucas found that good tiling depends more on patience than on special tools.
Lucas 發現好的貼磚工作更多是靠耐心，而不是靠特殊工具。
- tile work
written as two words, slightly less common than 'tiling'
- tile installation
more formal or professional term
用法筆記
Uncountable noun describing an activity or trade. Often used with quantifiers such as 'some', 'a lot of', or 'a bit of' (e.g. 'do some tiling', 'learn a bit of tiling').