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- a thin rectangular slab of baked clay, concrete, or other material, used in overlapping rows for covering roofs瓦（片）。
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- a thin square slab of glazed pottery, cork, linoleum, or other material for covering floors, walls, or other surfaces（铺地、贴墙等用的）瓷砖, 花砖; 软木片; 亚麻油地毡片。
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- a thin, flat piece used in Scrabble, mah-jong, and certain other games（拼字游戏、麻将等牌戏中的）（一张）牌。
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- Mathematics a plane shape used in tiling【数】平铺。
with obj.(一般作be tiled)
1- cover (something) with tiles用瓦盖, 铺瓦于; 贴砖于：
the lobby was tiled in blue.
大厅铺着蓝色瓷砖。
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- Computing arrange (two or more windows) on a computer screen so that they do not overlap【计算机】平铺（窗口）。
短语
on the tiles
- informal, chiefly Brit. having a lively night out〈非正式, 主英〉（夜生活）纵情欢乐, 花天酒地：
it won't be the first time he's spent a night on the tiles.
这不会是他第一次过花天酒地的夜生活。
词源
Old English tigele, from Latin tegula, from an Indo-European root meaning 'cover'.