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tile

/taɪl/

When used as a noun, "tile" can be both countable (referring to a single piece) and uncountable (referring to the material in general). As a verb, it is most commonly used in the transitive form when describing the act of installing tiles in a room, such as "tiling the bathroom." In modern digital contexts, the word is also frequently used to describe small rectangular interface elements on a computer screen, though this is a metaphorical extension of the physical object.

💬Trò chuyện

🎬Mid-shift on the bridge of a long-haul cruiser, communicating via internal ship-coms.
Kip

One more loose tile in the galley and I'm gonna lose it.

Kip
Lt. Vega
Lt. Vega

Suck it up, Kip. Just glue it back down.

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Kip is expressing extreme frustration over a mundane maintenance issue using the idiom 'lose it' (to lose one's temper/sanity). Lt. Vega responds with the phrasal verb 'suck it up', meaning to endure a difficult or annoying situation without complaining, reflecting her strict military persona.

Ý nghĩa

noun

A thin rectangular slab of baked clay, stone, or ceramic used for covering roofs, floors, or walls.

"The bathroom floor is covered in white ceramic tiles."

verb (transitive)

To cover a surface with tiles.

"We decided to tile the kitchen backsplash for easier cleaning."

verb (intransitive)

To be covered in tiles or to lay tiles on a surface.

"The area around the pool tiles beautifully."

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