词义：slates可以指石板，通常用于建筑或屋顶覆盖，也可以指细片岩或石板块。此外，slates还可以用作动词，表示指定、安排或批评。
词性：名词（复数形式），动词。
词组搭配：
– slate roof：石板屋顶
– slate tiles：石板瓦片
– slate color：石板色
– slate of candidates：候选人名单
– slate pencil：石笔
短语：
– clean slate：重新开始的机会
– on the slate：被列入帐户中等待支付
发音拼写：[sleyts]
例句：
1. The old church had a slate roof that needed repair.
那座老教堂有一座需要修复的石板屋顶。
2. The children used slate pencils to practice their handwriting.
孩子们使用石笔练习他们的手写。
3. The school board put together a slate of candidates for the new prinl.
学校董事会为新的校长准备了候选人名单。
4. The quarry produces high-quality slate tiles for construction.
采石场生产高品质的石板瓦片用于建筑。
5. The teacher slates the student for not completing their homework on time.
老师批评那个学生没有按时完成作业。
6. Let’s start with a clean slate and forget about the past mistakes.
让我们从一个空白页开始，忘记过去的错误。
7. The barkeeper added another round to our slate.
酒吧老板将另一轮加入我们的帐单中。
中文翻译：石板；石板瓦；黑板
读音：[sleɪts]
例句：
1. The roof was made of slates.
这屋顶是用石板制成的。
2. She wrote the list of cs on the kitchen slate.
她把家务清单写在厨房黑板上。
3. The old school had slates for the students to write on.
这所古老的学校为学生准备了石板让他们写字。
slates在中文中有”石板瓦、的复数形式”的意思，其次还有”用石板瓦盖……”的意思，在线读音是[s’leɪts]，slates常被用作名词，在《大课标百科词典》中，共找到65个与slates相关的例句。
1.石板瓦
例句:The Save: Clean slates are hard to come by, but with a little professional help Gibbo could get a bit of a leg-up. (拯救策略：将往事一笔勾销是很困难的，但若是借助一些专业帮助，吉普森就能重新站起来。)
2.的复数形式
例句:A thin strip of wood or metal, usually nailed in rows to framing supports as a substructure for plaster, shingles, slates, or tiles. (板条作为灰泥、木瓦、石板瓦或瓦片基部结构的细木条或金属条，常被成排钉起来用于构架支撑)
3.用石板瓦盖……
例句:Thieves had stolen the slates from the roof. (窃贼偷走了屋顶的石板瓦。)
4.的第三人称单数、用石板瓦盖……
例句:There are also, I think, increasing results from the scientific study of humans that, indeed, we’re not born blank slates. (翻译:我认为在对人的科学研究中 也有越来越多的 结果表明 我们并非生而为白板。)
slates一般作为名词、动词使用，如在Llanberis Slates(蓝贝里斯板岩)、Manx slates(曼克斯板岩层)、Morte slates(莫特板岩)等常见短语中出现较多。
1. Thieves had stolen the slates from the roof. (翻译:窃贼偷走了屋顶的石板瓦。)
2. There are also, I think, increasing results from the scientific study of humans that, indeed, we’re not born blank slates. (翻译:我认为在对人的科学研究中 也有越来越多的 结果表明 我们并非生而为白板。)
3. We spent Rs.90000 on books, slates and fees last month. (翻译:上个月 我们在课本 石板瓦片 和杂费方面花费了九万卢比)
4. We’re being promised not only that we’ll see the slates, but that they’ll in fact be running the beautiful UI. (翻译:我们得到的承诺是我们不仅仅会看到平板产品，事实上它们还应该在漂亮的用户界面上运行。)
5. We want to buy Readymade Garments, Granite, Cotton Garments, Slates, Granites. (翻译:我们要采购成衣，花冈岩，棉花衣服，板色，花冈岩。)
6. and slates jutted off, here and there, beyond the right line of the roof, to be gradually worked off in coming autumn storms. (翻译:屋顶右边的瓦片有好几块地方凸出来，等到秋天的风雨一来，就要渐渐地掉光了。)
7. Another political fear of human nature is that if we are blank slates, we can perfect mankind — the age-old dream of the perfectibility of our species through social engineering. (翻译:另一种对于人性的担忧是， 如果我们是空白的石板， 我们就能使人类完美—— 通过社会工程来使我们的物种 臻于完美的古老梦想。)
8. The twelve jurors were all writing very busily on slates. (翻译:十二位陪审员都忙着在石板上写些什么。)
9. And yet, Paramount and Fox recently released their slates, and of the 47 films that they will release between now and 2018, not a single one will be directed by a woman. (翻译:然而最近派拉蒙和福克斯公布了他们的候选名单 从现在起到xx年之间将要上映的47部影片中 没有一部电影是由女性执导的 )
10. BUILDING WORKS. PRIVATE CONTRACTS. ROOF COVERING MADE OF SLATES. PART 2 : SPECIAL CLAUSES. (翻译:建筑工程.私人合同.石板制屋顶.第2部分：特别条款)
11. There are also, I think, increasing results from the scientific study of humans that, indeed, we’re not born blank slates. (翻译:我认为在对人的科学研究中 也有越来越多的 结果表明 我们并非生而为白板。)
12. Another political fear of human nature is that if we are blank slates, we can perfect mankind — the age-old dream of the perfectibility of our species through social engineering. (翻译:另一种对于人性的担忧是， 如果我们是空白的石板， 我们就能使人类完美—— 通过社会工程来使我们的物种 臻于完美的古老梦想。)
13. And yet we’re being promised not only that we’ll see the slates, but that they’ll in fact be running the beautiful UI. (翻译:但是我们得到承诺不仅仅是看到平板产品，事实上它们还应该在漂亮的用户界面上运行。)
14. Due to this point, we are proud to declare that we supply the best Chinese slates and the most competitive prices around the world. (翻译:正是由于这一点，我们可以自豪的为每一个客户做到：中国最好的板岩，世界最具竞争力的价格！)
15. The foremost is that if we’re blank slates, then, by definition, we are equal, because zero equals zero equals zero. (翻译:最根本的是，如果我们是空白的石板， 那么根据定义，我们就是平等的， 因为零等于零等于零等于零。)
slates作为名词、动词的时候，其近义词以及反义词有0、slate/1、s3等。
