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
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a spade bit .铲形钻头。
dig over (ground) with a spade
用锹挖(地)
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while spading the soil, I think of the flowers .我铲地的时候,一直留意着那些花朵。
[with obj. and adverbial of direction]move (soil) with a spade
用锹铲(土)
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earth is spaded into the grave .土被铲进墓穴中。
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(纸牌中的)黑桃。
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一张黑桃牌。
〈非正式,冒犯〉 黑人。
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call a spade a spade speak plainly without avoiding unpleasant or embarrassing issues 直言不讳
"Old English