| 单词 | shovel |
| 释义 | shovel (once / 814 pages) nv WORD FAMILY shovel: shoveled, shoveler, shovelful, shoveling, shovelled, shoveller, shovelling, shovels+/shoveler: shovelers/shovelful: shovelfuls/shoveller: shovellers USAGE EXAMPLESSnow shoveling is responsible for thousands of injuries and up to 100 deaths each year, and not just among those of us past our prime. New York Times(Dec 26, 2016) Officers who searched his home found an avalanche beacon and shovel in his bedroom along with his phone. Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) City officials said the stalls were equipped with trained personnel, sand, shovels and fire extinguishers. Seattle Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1n a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle Hypo|Hyper hand shovel a shovel that is operated by hand post-hole digger, posthole diggera shovel used to sink postholes scoop, scoop shovelthe shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe coal shovela hand shovel for shoveling coal entrenching tool, trenching spadea hand shovel carried by infantrymen for digging trenches spadea sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot spud, stump spuda sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds hand tool a tool used with workers' hands 2n a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace Hyper fire iron metal fireside implements 3n a machine for excavating Syn|Hypo|Hyper digger, excavator, power shovel backhoe an excavator whose shovel bucket is attached to a hinged boom and is drawn backward to move earth dredgea power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed steam shovela power shovel that is driven by steam machine any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks 4n the quantity a shovel can hold Syn|Hyper shovelful, spadeful containerful the quantity that a container will hold 5v dig with or as if with a shovel shovel sand he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long Hyper cut into, delve, dig, turn over turn up, loosen, or remove earth |
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