| 单词 | spud |
| 释义 | spud /spud/, n. , v. , spudded, spudding. n. 1. Informal. a potato. 2. a spadelike instrument, esp. one with a narrow blade, as for digging up or cutting the roots of weeds. 3. a chisellike tool for removing bark. 4. a pointed leg or stake for staying or supporting dredging or earth-boring machinery. 5. a short pipe, as for connecting a water pipe with a meter. 6. Surg. an instrument having a dull flattened blade for removing substances or foreign bodies from certain parts of the body, as wax from the ear. v.t. 7. to remove with a spud. 8. spud in, to set up earth-boring equipment, esp. for drilling an oil well. [1400-50; late ME spudde short knife < ?] |
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