spade

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  • n.铲；锹；（纸牌中的）黑桃；黑桃牌
  • v.拿铲子铲；拿铲刀切开；〈方〉同“spay”
  • Web铁锹；纸牌中的黑桃；锄
Plural Form：spades  

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Spade
n.
1.
[c]
锹；铲a garden tool with a broad metal blade and a long handle, used for digging
Turn the soil over with a spade.
用锹把地翻一遍。
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。
2.
[pl][u]
（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
the five/queen/ace of spades
黑桃五╱王后╱ A
3.
[c]
黑桃牌a card from the set of spades
You must play a spade if you have one.
你如果有黑桃牌，就必须打出来。
4.
[c]
黑人；黑鬼an offensive word for a black person

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AllAll,铲铲,锹锹,黑桃黑桃,黑桃牌黑桃牌,拿铲子铲拿铲子铲,拿铲刀切开拿铲刀切开,铁锹铁锹,纸牌中的黑桃纸牌中的黑桃,锄锄
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1.
There's a strong scour with the ebb, ' he said, 'and this here passage has been dug out, in a manner of speaking, with a spade.
“退潮时这里水冲得急，”他说，“把这里的入口挖了，可以说就像铲子铲似的。”
" tuì cháo shí zhè lǐ shuǐ chōng de jí , " tā shuō , " bǎ zhè lǐ de rù kǒu wā le , kě yǐ shuō jiù xiàng chǎn zi chǎn shì de 。 "
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2.
He levers it out with the spade, carries on with digging.
他用铁锹把它撬出来，然后继续挖掘。
tā yòng tiě qiāo bǎ tā qiào chū lái , rán hòu jì xù wā jué 。
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3.
What I appreciate most about him is that he is not afraid to call a spade a spade in any situation.
我最欣赏他的一点是他在任何情况下都直言不讳。
wǒ zuì xīn shǎng tā de yì diǎn shì tā zài rèn hé qíng kuàng xià dōu zhí yán bú huì 。
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4.
The hermit thanked him, handed the emperor the spade, and then sat down on the ground to rest.
智者道谢并给他铁锹，然后坐在旁边休息了。
zhì zhě dào xiè bìng gěi tā tiě qiāo , rán hòu zuò zài páng biān xiū xi le 。
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5.
His spade struck against something heavy, which proved to BE gold, a great heap which some miser had probably buried in a time of alarm.
他的铁锹一下子碰到一堆沉甸甸的东西，一看，原来是金子，多半是哪个守财奴在乱世埋藏起来的。
tā de tiě qiāo yí xià zi pèng dào yī duī chén diàn diàn de dōng xi , yī kàn , yuán lái shì jīn zi , duō bàn shì nǎ ge shǒu cái nú zài luàn shì mái cáng qǐ lái de 。
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6.
Going to the garage, he fetched a spade and began digging in the garden. He had to finish before she got home.
走到车库里，他找到一把铲子，就开始在花园里挖洞。他得在妈妈回家之前把一切搞定。
zǒu dào chē kù lǐ , tā zhǎo dào yī bǎ chǎn zi , jiù kāi shǐ zài huā yuán lǐ wā dòng 。 tā de zài mā mā huí jiā zhī qián bǎ yí qiè gǎo dìng 。
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7.
Instead she was holding a small spade and began to dig into the carpet, pushing it away to each side as if making a furrow to sow seeds.
而是她握着一个小铲子，开始在地毯上挖掘，把它推到两侧，好像犁出一道沟缝去播种。
ér shì tā wò zhe yī gè xiǎo chǎn zi , kāi shǐ zài dì tǎn shàng wā jué , bǎ tā tuī dào liǎng cè , hǎo xiàng lí chū yí dào gōu féng qù bō zhòng 。
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8.
As he slams the spade back into the base of the trough, she turns away on the dry sole of her foot.
他把铁锹掷回沟底，她蹬着干巴巴的脚掌，转身走了。
tā bǎ tiě qiāo zhì huí gōu dǐ , tā dēng zhe gàn bā bā de jiǎo zhǎng , zhuǎn shēn zǒu le 。
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9.
The family initially took just one holiday a year, with a traditional bucket and spade affair each summer at the seaside.
最初，全家每年休息一个假期，并且常常是在夏天，带着小桶和小铲到海边去玩。
zuì chū , quán jiā měi nián xiū xi yī gè jià qī , bìng qiě cháng cháng shì zài xià tiān , dài zhe xiǎo tǒng hé xiǎo chǎn dào hǎi biān qù wán 。
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10.
" Wife, " he said, " bring me the spade we use to dig the garden with! "
“老婆子，”他说，“把我们挖园子用的那把铁锹给我拿来。”
" lǎo pó zi , " tā shuō , " bǎ wǒ men wā yuán zǐ yòng de nà bǎ tiě qiāo gěi wǒ ná lái 。 "
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