shovels is shovel's Plural Form

shovel

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  • n.铲；铁铲；铲形部分；铲
  • v.铲；铲起；拿杓子舀；用铲子工作
  • Web锹；铁锹一把；铁沙铲
Plural Form：shovels  Past Tense：shoveled  Past Tense：shovelled  Present Participle：shoveling  Present Participle：shovelling  

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shovels
n.
1.
铲；铁铲a tool with a long handle and a broad blade with curved edges, used for moving earth, snow, sand, etc.
workmen with picks and shovels
手拿镐铲的工人
The children took their pails and shovels to the beach.
孩子们带着桶和铲子到海滩上去了。
2.
（推土机、挖土机等的）铲，铲形部分the part of a large machine or vehicle that digs or moves earth
v.
1.
~ sth (+ adv./prep.)
铲；铲起to lift and move earth, stones, coal, etc. with a shovel
A gang of workmen were shovelling rubble onto a truck.
一帮工人正用铁锹往卡车上装碎石。
They went out in freezing conditions to shovel snow.
他们冒着严寒出去铲雪。
to shovel the sidewalk/driveway(= to remove snow)
铲除人行道╱车行道上的积雪
He sat at the table, shovelling food into his mouth.
他坐在桌前，一个劲地往嘴里塞吃的。

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AllAll,铲铲,铁铲铁铲,铲形部分铲形部分,铲起铲起,拿杓子舀拿杓子舀,用铲子工作用铲子工作,锹锹,铁锹一把铁锹一把,铁沙铲铁沙铲
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1.
She had accidentally knocked herself out in the garage when one of the hanging shovels had fallen on her head.
她在车库里不小心被一个挂着的铁锹掉下来时当头砸倒了。
tā zài chē kù lǐ bù xiǎo xīn bèi yī gè guà zhe de tiě qiāo diào xià lái shí dāng tóu zá dǎo le 。
bbs.chinaunix.net
2.
But as she approached, farming instruments, like pitchforks and shovels, started flying out of his head toward her.
但是只要她一接近她男友，像草耙和铁锨一样的农用器械就会从她男友的头部向她飞来。
dàn shì zhǐ yào tā yī jiē jìn tā nán yǒu , xiàng cǎo bà hé tiě xiān yí yàng de nóng yòng qì xiè jiù huì cóng tā nán yǒu de tóu bù xiàng tā fēi lái 。
article.yeeyan.org
3.
During gardening our class sawed bamboo shovels. When we where done I used one to dig a hole and I found a chunk of clay.
在我们班用竹铲栽培花木过程中，在我们作业的地方，我用一把竹铲挖一个洞，发现了一大块粘土。
zài wǒ men bān yòng zhú chǎn zāi péi huā mù guò chéng zhōng , zài wǒ men zuò yè de dì fang , wǒ yòng yī bǎ zhú chǎn wā yī gè dòng , fā xiàn le yī dà kuài nián tǔ 。
goabroad.zhishi.sohu.com
4.
Shovels in hand, Obama, his wife and his daughters planted an African olive tree in Freedom Park in Nairobi.
在内罗毕自由公园，奥巴马，他的妻子和两个女儿手里拿着铁铲种植了一棵非洲橄榄树。
zài nèi luó bì zì yóu gōng yuán , ào bā mǎ , tā de qī zi hé liǎng gè nǚ ér shǒu lǐ ná zhe tiě chǎn zhòng zhí le yī kē fēi zhōu gǎn lǎn shù 。
blog.sina.com.cn
5.
At first glance, it seems like an ordinary, innocent photograph: a group of Polish peasants holding shovels in a field on a sunny day.
乍一看，这似乎是一个普通的，无辜的照片：一个在外地举行一个阳光灿烂的日子铲波兰农民小组。
zhà yī kàn , zhè sì hū shì yī gè pǔ tōng de , wú gū de zhào piàn : yī gè zài wài dì jǔ xíng yī gè yáng guāng càn làn de rì zǐ chǎn bō lán nóng mín xiǎo zǔ 。
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6.
Log cottages are sinking into a soil which gives up evidence of the siege: cannon shot, wooden shovels, barley blackened by fire.
木屋沉入土壤，土壤里有被围困的证据：炮弹，木铲，被火熏黑的大麦。
mù wū chén rù tǔ rǎng , tǔ rǎng lǐ yǒu bèi wéi kùn de zhèng jù : pào dàn , mù chǎn , bèi huǒ xūn hēi de dà mài 。
article.yeeyan.org
7.
Hope came in the form of the hundreds of workers, picks and shovels in hand, that I saw on every trip.
那些在我每次行程中出现的成百上千的拿着镐头和铲子的工人带来了希望。
nà xiē zài wǒ měi cì xíng chéng zhōng chū xiàn de chéng bǎi shàng qiān de ná zhe gǎo tou hé chǎn zi de gōng rén dài lái le xī wàng 。
article.yeeyan.org
8.
Behind the main temple, a small crowd of mourners shovels fake paper banknotes into a furnace.
在…后，一小群人哀悼者正在一个炉子里撒纸钱。
zài … hòu , yī xiǎo qún rén āi dào zhě zhèng zài yī gè lú zi lǐ sā zhǐ qián 。
bbs.chinadaily.com.cn
9.
Like I said, selling shovels (or servers) is a great business during a boom.
就像前面说到的，在淘金潮中卖铁锹（或者是服务器），是个不错的业务。
jiù xiàng qián mian shuō dào de , zài táo jīn cháo zhōng mài tiě qiāo ( huò zhě shì fú wù qì ) , shì gè bú cuò de yè wù 。
article.yeeyan.org
10.
A little boy is on his knees scooping and packing the sand with plastic shovels into a bright blue bucket.
男孩跪在那儿用塑料铲挖沙子，并把沙子装在鲜艳的蓝桶里。
nán hái guì zài nà er yòng sù liào chǎn wā shā zi , bìng bǎ shā zi zhuāng zài xiān yàn de lán tǒng lǐ 。
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