If a roof or a wall is shingled, it is covered with shingles: thin, overlapping pieces laid so rain runs off, a bit like fish scales. Older ones were wood; many houses now use thick sheets that look like tiles. The word here is an adjective (a shingled roof, shingled walls).

If a roof or a wall is shingled如果一個屋頂或牆壁是shingled, it is covered with shingles代表它被鋪上了shingles: thin, overlapping pieces laid so rain runs off一片片薄薄、互相重疊排列的板子，讓雨水可以流下去, a bit like fish scales有點像魚鱗。Older ones were wood以前的shingles是木頭做的; many houses now use thick sheets that look like tiles現在很多房子用的是看起來像磚瓦的厚板材。The word here is an adjective這裡的shingled是形容詞 (a shingled roof, shingled walls)（a shingled roof、shingled walls）。

In North America this look is very common; in Taiwan you more often see other kinds of tile, so the picture may be less familiar, though actually some cabins and Western-style houses here use it too.

In North America this look is very common在北美這種樣子很常見; in Taiwan you more often see other kinds of tile在臺灣你比較常看到其他種類的磚瓦, so the picture may be less familiar所以這個畫面可能比較陌生, though actually some cabins and Western-style houses here use it too不過其實這裡有些小屋和西式房子也會用這種做法。

Shingled does not mean “made of ceramic roof tiles” in the Taiwan everyday sense, and it does not mean the painful skin illness called shingles — that word only looks the same. If someone says the house is shingled, they mean the covering, piece overlapping piece.

Shingled does not mean "made of ceramic roof tiles" in the Taiwan everyday senseshingled不是臺灣日常說的『鋪了瓷磚瓦片』的意思, and it does not mean the painful skin illness called shingles也不是指那種叫shingles的、令人痛苦的皮膚病 — that word only looks the same那個字只是長得一樣而已。If someone says the house is shingled如果有人說房子是shingled, they mean the covering, piece overlapping piece他們指的是那種一片疊一片的覆蓋方式。