slat
noun /slæt/
/slæt/
- enlarge imageone of a series of thin flat pieces of wood, metal or plastic, used in furniture, fences, etc.
（家具、栅栏等上的）板条，窄条，横档 - a gate made of wooden slats
由木板条制成的大门 - the slats of the venetian blinds
威尼斯百叶窗的板条
- a gate made of wooden slats
- enlarge image(specialist) a part of the wing of an aircraft, on the front of the wing, that can be moved up or down to control movement in either direction
前缘缝翼（机翼前缘的一部分，可使其上下移动来控制飞机的升降）
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘roofing slate’): shortening of Old French esclat ‘splinter’, from esclater ‘to split’. The current sense dates from the mid 18th cent.