shovel

英 ['ʃʌv(ə)l] 美['ʃʌvl]
  • n. 铁铲;一铲的量;铲车
  • vt. 铲除;用铲挖;把…胡乱塞入
  • vi. 铲

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词态变化


复数: shovels;第三人称单数: shovels;过去式: shovelled;过去分词: shovelled;现在分词: shovelling;

助记提示


1. shove => shovel (因为铲子、铁铲、铲车就是拿来“推(shove)土”用的。).
2. etymologically an 'implement for shoving'.

中文词源


shovel 铲子,锹

shove,推,挤,-el,工具格后缀。引申词义铲子,锹。

英文词源


shovel (n.)
Old English scofl, sceofol "shovel," related to scufan (see shove (v.)), from Proto-Germanic *skublo (cognates: Old Saxon skufla, Swedish skovel, Middle Low German schufle, Middle Dutch shuffel, Dutch schoffel, Old High German scuvala, German Schaufel). Shovel-ready, with reference to construction projects, is attested by 2006.
shovel (v.)
mid-15c., from shovel (n.). Related: Shoveled; shoveling. Compare German schaufeln, verb from noun.

双语例句


1. He took a shovel, dug a hole, and buried his once-prized possessions.
他拿起一把铁锨,挖了个坑,将自己曾经珍爱的物品埋了起来。

来自柯林斯例句

2. She dug the foundation with a pick and shovel.
她用镐和平锹挖地基。

来自柯林斯例句

3. It would be preposterous to shovel coal with a teaspoon.
用茶匙铲煤是荒谬的.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. He was working with a pick and shovel.
他在用镐和铲干活.

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5. He seized a shovel and set to.
他拿起一把铲就干上了.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》