英语词汇“shovellers”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

shovel /shuvˈl/

noun

A broad spadelike tool for scooping, the blade usu curved up at the sides

(a part of) a machine having a similar shape or function

A scoop

A shovelful

A shovel hat

transitive verb

shovˈelling

shovˈelled

To move with, or as if with, a shovel

To gather in large quantities

intransitive verb

To use a shovel

ORIGIN: OE scofl, from scūfan to shove

shovˈelful noun (pl shovˈelfuls)

As much as a shovel will hold

shovˈeller or (US) shovˈeler noun

Someone who shovels
A dabbling duck (Spatula clypeata) of marshes and muddy shallows, with a long, rounded, spadelike bill (usu shovˈeler)

shovel hat noun

A hat with a broad brim, turned up at the sides, and projecting in front, as formerly worn by Anglican clergy

shovˈelhead noun

A shark (Sphyrna tiburo) of the hammerhead family, having a flattish shovel-like head
A shovelnose

shovˈelnose noun

A freshwater sturgeon (Scaphorhynchus platorhynchus) of N American rivers, having a broad shovel-like snout

shovˈelware noun (comput sl)

Data, esp originating from traditional media, published in electronic form without appropriate adaptation to the new format