单词	mattock
释义	mattock /ˈmatək / noun An agricultural tool shaped like a pickaxe, with an adze and a chisel edge as the ends of the head.Laborers used tools resembling mattocks or hoes for digging and used woven reed baskets for hauling dirt and debris.... Using this, and a bladed tool like a mattock, it takes him 15 days to prepare the ground for planting. Then, with a mattock and shovel, we dug into the side of the hill to make a spot for a level platform, which needed to be heavily reinforced because most of the hillside consisted of loose rock and shale. Origin Old English mattuc, of uncertain origin.
随便看	lay hands on (also lay or put one's hands on) lay hold of (or on) lay into lay it on the line layman lay off lay oneself out to do something lay (or give) odds lay (or put) it on the line La'youn layout lay over layover layperson lay reader layshaft lay siege to lay sister lay someone low lay someone off lay someone open to lay someone out lay someone/thing to rest lay someone up lay something aside

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