an implement with a broad, flat, blunt blade, used for mixing and spreading things, especially in cooking and painting (尤指烹饪或绘画时用来调拌、涂敷的)抹刀;刮刀;刮铲 ■a thin, flat wooden or metal instrument used in medical examinations e.g. for holding down the tongue or taking cell samples 药刀;压舌板 ■(US)a fish slice (美)分鱼刀;煎鱼锅铲
语源
early 16th cent.: from Latin, variant of spathula, diminutive of spatha (see spathe)