slat
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++slat /slæt/ noun [countable] DTa thin flat piece of wood, plastic etc, used especially in furniture 细长板条〔尤用于家具〕 →5 see picture at 见图 blind3 —slatted adjective
Examples from the Corpus
slat• I tried peeking down through a gap between the bamboo slats.• I really like the tiles from Lindsey Teak that come with straight or diagonal slats.• Art! my slats...• I twisted the plastic rod and watched the slats in our venetian blinds open.• The company introduced a Missioninspired recliner with straight lines and vertical slats.• Continental style bases have flexible wooden slats and are often contained within a traditional divan.• The wooden slats were already warm from the sun.• We were lifting metal girders on to a lorry and securing them in place with wooden slats which we nailed together.Origin slat (1700-1800) Old French esclat; → SLATE1slat nounChinese
piece wood, a of thin etc, Corpus plastic flat
slat
slat /slæt/
noun [countable]a thin flat piece of wood, plastic etc, used especially in furniture
—slatted adjective
slat /slæt/
noun [countable]a thin flat piece of wood, plastic etc, used especially in furniture—slatted adjective
