shovel英 [ˈʃʌvl]　美 [ˈʃʌvəl]　

第三人称单数：shovels第三人称复数：shovels现在分词：shovelling过去分词：shovelled过去式：shovelled

shovel 基本解释

名词 铲子，铁锹; 铲车; 一铲; 铲状物

及物动词 铲，铲出; 用铲子挖; 把…胡乱投入; 铲除，挖清

不及物动词 铲

记忆方法

1. shove => shovel (因为铲子、铁铲、铲车就是拿来“推(shove)土”用的。).
2. etymologically an 'implement for shoving'.

中文词源

shovel. 铲子，锹

shove,推，挤，-el,工具格后缀。引申词义铲子，锹。

英语词源

• shovel (n.)

• Old English scofl, sceofol "shovel," related to scufan (see shovel (v.)), from Proto-Germanic *skublo (cognates: Old Saxon skufla, Swedish skovel, Middle Low German schufle, Middle Dutch shuffel, Dutch schoffel, Old High German scuvala, German Schaufel). Shovel-ready, with reference to construction projects, is attested by 2006.

• shovel (v.)

• mid-15c., from shovel  (n.). Related: Shoveled; shoveling. Compare German schaufeln, verb from noun.

shovel 相关例句

及物动词

1. They were shoveling coal into a cart.
    他们在把煤铲进手推车。

2. It didn't take them long to shovel a path through the snow.
    他们没有花很多时间就在雪地里铲出一条路来。

3. He shovelled the food into his mouth.
    他大口大口狼吞虎咽。

4. The hungry man greedily shovelled the food into his mouth.
    那个饥饿的汉子贪婪地把食物塞入口中。

名词

1. He was working with a shovel.
    他在用铲子干活。

shovel 词典解释

in AM, use 美国英语用 shoveling, shoveled

1. 铲;铁锹
    A shovel is a tool with a long handle that is used for lifting and moving earth, coal, or snow.

    e.g. ...a coal shovel...
           一把煤铲
    e.g. She dug the foundation with a pick and shovel.
           她用镐和平锹挖地基。

2. 铲;铲起;用铲挖
    If you shovel earth, coal, or snow, you lift and move it with a shovel.

    e.g. He has to get out and shovel snow...
           他得出去铲雪。
    e.g. Pendergood had shovelled the sand out of the caravan.
           彭德古德把旅行拖车里的沙子铲了出来。

3. 迅速把…大量送入
    If you shovel something somewhere, you push a lot of it quickly into that place.

    e.g. Randall was shoveling food into his mouth.
           兰德尔将食物大口大口地塞进嘴里。

shovel 单语例句

1. He took a shovel, dug a hole, and buried his once-prized possessions.

    他拿起一把铁锨，挖了个坑，将自己曾经珍爱的物品埋了起来。

2. She dug the foundation with a pick and shovel.

    她用镐和平锹挖地基。

3. He was working with a pick and shovel.

   他在用镐和铲干活.

4. He seized a shovel and set to.

   他拿起一把铲就干上了.

shovel 英英释义

noun

1. a machine for excavating

    Synonym: power shovel excavator digger

2. a hand tool for lifting loose material
    consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle

3. a fire iron consisting of a small shovel used to scoop coals or ashes in a fireplace

4. the quantity a shovel can hold

    Synonym: shovelful spadeful

verb

1. dig with or as if with a shovel

    e.g. shovel sand
           he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long