shovel

英 [ˈʃʌvl]

美 [ˈʃʌvl]

n.  铲; 铁铲; (推土机、挖土机等的)铲，铲形部分
v.  铲; 铲起

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

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Collins.1 / BNC.11858 / COCA.7249

牛津词典

noun

• 铲；铁铲
  a tool with a long handle and a broad blade with curved edges, used for moving earth, snow, sand, etc.
  1. workmen with picks and shovels
     手拿镐铲的工人
  2. The children took their pails and shovels to the beach.
     孩子们带着桶和铲子到海滩上去了。
• （推土机、挖土机等的）铲，铲形部分
  the part of a large machine or vehicle that digs or moves earth

verb

• 铲；铲起
  to lift and move earth, stones, coal, etc. with a shovel
  1. A gang of workmen were shovelling rubble onto a truck.
     一帮工人正用铁锹往卡车上装碎石。
  2. They went out in freezing conditions to shovel snow.
     他们冒着严寒出去铲雪。
  3. to shovel the sidewalk/driveway (= to remove snow)
     铲除人行道 / 车行道上的积雪
  4. He sat at the table, shovelling food into his mouth.
     他坐在桌前，一个劲地往嘴里塞吃的。

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 shoveling, shoveled


• N-COUNT 铲;铁锹
  Ashovelis a tool with a long handle that is used for lifting and moving earth, coal, or snow.
  1. ...a coal shovel...
     一把煤铲
  2. She dug the foundation with a pick and shovel.
     她用镐和平锹挖地基。
• VERB 铲;铲起;用铲挖
  If youshovelearth, coal, or snow, you lift and move it with a shovel.
  1. He has to get out and shovel snow...
     他得出去铲雪。
  2. Pendergood had shovelled the sand out of the caravan.
     彭德古德把旅行拖车里的沙子铲了出来。
• VERB 迅速把…大量送入
  If youshovelsomething somewhere, you push a lot of it quickly into that place.
  1. Randall was shoveling food into his mouth.
     兰德尔将食物大口大口地塞进嘴里。

英英释义

noun

• a machine for excavating
  Synonym:power shovelexcavatordigger
• a hand tool for lifting loose material
• a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace
• the quantity a shovel can hold
  Synonym:shovelfulspadeful

verb

• dig with or as if with a shovel
  1. shovel sand
  2. he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long

双语例句

• He has to get out and shovel snow
  他得出去铲雪。
• We used every kinds of tools, head out, shovel, rake to do it.
  我们用了各种工具，铁铲，耙子。
• In the meantime, battle is joined with pick and shovel across the Himalayas.
  与此同时，在整个喜马拉雅地区，铁锨和镐已经加入了战斗之中。
• What business has a pick and a shovel here?
  这里要锹和镐头干什么？
• 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。
• Papa would bring an old battered coal shovel and an old-fashioned ice chest with him.
  爸爸会带来一个破旧的挖煤的铲子和一个老式的装冰块的木箱。
• He seized a shovel and set to.
  他拿起一把铲就干上了。
• Get a shovel, so that we can dig a hole in the sand.
  拿个铲子来，我们好在沙中挖个洞。
• I need a shovel; she's digging here.
  我要把铲子，她在这里挖掘。
• He hit his father with a shovel once.
  有一次他还是用铁铲打了他父亲。