spade

英 [speɪd]

美 [speɪd]

n.  锹; 铲; (纸牌中的)黑桃; 黑桃牌

复数：spades　现在分词：spading　过去式：spaded　第三人称单数：spades　过去分词：spaded　

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习惯用语

n.

in spades
• 大量；非常
  in large amounts or to a great degree
• He'd got his revenge now, and in spades.
  现在他报了仇，毫不留情地报了仇。
call a spade a spade
• 是啥说啥；直言不讳
  to say exactly what you think without trying to hide your opinion

牛津词典

noun

• 锹；铲
  a garden tool with a broad metal blade and a long handle, used for digging
  1. Turn the soil over with a spade.
     用锹把地翻一遍。
  2. The children took their buckets and spades to the beach.
     孩子们带上自己的桶和铲子到海滩去了。
• （纸牌中的）黑桃
  one of the four sets of cards (called suits ) in a pack/deck of cards. The cards have a black design shaped like pointed leaves with short stems .
  1. the five/queen/ace of spades
     黑桃五 / 王后 / A
• 黑桃牌
  a card from the set of spades
  1. You must play a spade if you have one.
     你如果有黑桃牌，就必须打出来。
• 黑人；黑鬼
  an offensive word for a black person

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 铲;锹
  Aspadeis a tool used for digging, with a flat metal blade and a long handle.
  1. ... a garden spade...
     园艺铲
  2. The girls happily played in the sand with buckets and spades.
     女孩子们拿着桶和铲子在沙滩上快活地玩耍。
• N-UNCOUNT-COLL (纸牌中的)黑桃
  Spadesis one of the four suits in a pack of playing cards. Each card in the suit is marked with one or more black symbols: .
  1. ...the ace of spades.
     黑桃 A
  2. Aspadeis a playing card of this suit.
     (一张)黑桃牌
• PHRASE 有啥说啥;直言不讳
  If you say that someonecalls a spade a spade, you mean that they speak clearly and directly about things, even embarrassing or unpleasant things.
  1. I'm not at all secretive, and I'm pretty good at calling a spade a spade.
     我不会遮遮掩掩，我喜欢直言不讳。

英英释义

noun

• a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot
• a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it
  1. she led a low spade
  2. spades were trumps
• (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person
  1. only a Black can call another Black a nigga
  Synonym:niggerniggacoonjigaboonigra

verb

• dig (up) with a spade
  1. I spade compost into the flower beds

双语例句

• With the poor crooked Scythe and Spade.
  用破旧的弯镰刀和铁锹。
• He was digging potatoes with a spade.
  他正在用铁锹挖马铃薯。
• I would hoe and I would weed with a spade.
  我会锄地，会用铁锨除杂草。
• When I was a spade a spade for digging, sweat dripping into the dirt.
  当我一锹一锹的挖掘，汗水滴进了泥土。
• He looked at his hands& they were worn from the spade that he had used all his life.
  他看着他的手-他们是破旧的铁锹，他用他所有的生活。
• Let's call a spade a spade.
  让我们实话实说吧！
• This spade is five yuan.
  这把铲子售价五元。Bequick！快点！
• The sons took spade and fork.
  儿子们拿起铁锹和耙子。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.
  在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。
• This is an awkward spade.
  这把锹使起来不得劲。