黑板 — meaning in English
hēi bǎn
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English meaning
- backboard noun The flat vertical panel behind a basketball hoop that the ball can bounce off.
- blackboard noun A hard, dark writing surface that can be written on with chalk and wiped clean; a chalkboard.
- board verb To get onto a ship, plane, train, or other vehicle to travel.
- chalkboard noun A dark board, often slate or coated in enamel, used for writing on with chalk.
- flagstone noun A flat, rectangular piece of rock or stone used for paving or roofing.
- plaque noun A flat piece of metal, stone, or similar material fixed to a wall or monument, usually bearing an inscription that commemorates a person or event.
- shale noun A soft, fine-grained sedimentary rock that splits easily into thin layers.
Senses
黑板 is used for these senses in English:
- backboard (basketball) The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.
- board Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, circuit board, message board (on the Internet), bulletin board, etc.
- chalkboard A slate or enamel board for writing on with chalk; a predecessor to a whiteboard.
- flagstone One of several types of rock easily split and suitable for making flagstones.
- plaque (countable) Any flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a dish, plate, slab, etc., hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn by a person, such as a brooch.
- shale (geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock of a thin, laminated, and often friable, structure.
backboard — full definition
- noun The flat vertical panel behind a basketball hoop that the ball can bounce off.
- noun A rigid board used to immobilize and carry an injured person.
- verb To secure an injured patient onto a spine board.