0 small, round stones that cover a beach or the ground by the edge of a river -- （海灘或河岸上的）卵石，礫石
1 a thin, flat tile usually made of wood, that is fixed in rows to make a roof or wall covering -- （通常用木頭製成的）木瓦，屋頂板，牆板
2 a sign outside a building that says someone is running a business, especially a doctor or lawyer -- （尤指醫生或律師執業場所門外牆上的）營業招牌
Dr James first hung his shingle in Oakland in the mid 1970s. 詹姆斯醫生最早是在1970年代中期在奧克蘭開始執業的。
3 a disease caused by a virus that infects particular nerves and that produces a line or lines of painful red spots, especially around the waist -- 帶狀皰疹
To return to an earlier example, my neighbor who is careless with his roof shingles may just be lucky.
Published data on the incidence of shingles ranges between 1.3 and 4.8 per 1000 cases annually [2-5].
From this database we have previously described gender differences in the incidence of chicken pox (no difference), shingles (small female excess) and herpes simplex (large female excess) [28].
Gender-specific age-standardized incidence rates of shingles were calculated for each year and showed a consistent female excess in each of the 8 years (average annual excess 28 %).
The house was sided with brown shingles.
The possibility of gender bias in diagnostic error specifically attributable to the diagnosis of shingles and occurring systematically in every age group and year is remote.
The incidence of shingles and its implications for vaccination policy.
Seventy per cent of them had tuberculosis of the lungs; many had widespread scabies, shingles and there were several cases of malaria.
