spade

spade1
noun
  1. a tool with a sharp-edged, typically rectangular, metal blade and a long handle, used for digging or cutting earth, sand, turf, etc.
    铲，锹
    ■a tool of a similar shape for another purpose, especially one for removing the blubber from a whale
    （尤指剖割鲸脂的）铲刀
    ■[as modifier]shaped like a spade
    铲形的
    a spade bit.
    铲形钻头。
verb
  1. [with obj.]dig over (ground) with a spade
    用锹挖（地）
    while spading the soil, I think of the flowers.
    我铲地的时候，一直留意不要铲到花。
    ■[with obj. and adverbial of direction]move (soil) with a spade
    用锹铲（土）
    earth is spaded into the grave.
    把土铲进墓穴中。
常用词组
call a spade a spade
  1. speak plainly without avoiding unpleasant or embarrassing issues
    直言不讳
派生
spadeful
( pl. -fuls)
noun(pl. -fuls)
语源
  1. Old English spadu, spada, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch spade, German Spaten, also to Greek spathē 'blade, paddle'
spade2
noun
  1. (spades)spades one of the four suits in a conventional pack of playing cards, denoted by a black inverted heart-shaped figure with a small stalk
    （纸牌中的）黑桃
    ■(a spade)a card of this suit
    一张黑桃牌
  2. (informal, offensive)a black person
    (非正式，冒犯)黑人
常用词组
in spades
  1. (informal)to a very high degree
    (非正式)极度地
    he got his revenge now in spades.
    他现在彻底地复仇了。
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: from Italian spade, plural of spada 'sword', via Latin from Greek spathē; compare with spade
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