单词 | shovelling |
释义 | shovellingn. 1. The action or an act of shovel v.1 ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [noun] > other specific processes shovellingc1440 brooking1610 resoiling1839 riprapping1839 misering1842 back-filling1901 cut-and-fill1904 bulldozing1937 society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > [noun] > other tools or equipment filinga1398 shovellingc1440 stamp1598 routing1846 stropping1850 beetling1859 screwdriving1864 lapping machine1877 lapping plate1877 side milling1878 broaching1888 hobbing1930 α. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 448/2 Schovelynge, tribulatus. 1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 192 Two spits deep, with two intermediate shovellings. 1832 S. Warren Passages from Diary of Late Physician I. xvi. 387 Shovelling in, was surprisingly easier than shovelling out! 2. Something which is shovelled up. Usually plural. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > shovelled shovelling?1523 α. β. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xiv And yf it [sc. dung] be medled with erth as sholynges and such other it wyll last the lengar.1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver xx. 115 The shovelling of Streets and Yards, and Highwayes..is very good both of it self, and compounded with other Soyle, Manure, Mud, or Straw. 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 277 Parings of Turf, or Shovelings of Highways may be mix'd with Lime and Chalk. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 129 The shovelings from the ditches in road sides. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.c1440 |
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