shovel

noun

1. 铲；铁铲
   a tool with a long handle and a broad blade with curved edges, used for moving earth, snow, sand, etc.
   1. workmen with picks and shovels
      手拿镐铲的工人
   2. 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

verb

1. 铲；铲起
   to lift and move earth, stones, coal, etc. with a shovel
   1. 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。
   2. They went out in freezing conditions to shovel snow.
      他们冒着严寒出去铲雪。
   3. to shovel the sidewalk/driveway (= to remove snow)
      铲除人行道 / 车行道上的积雪
   4. 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。

in AM, use 美国英语用 shoveling, shoveled


1. N-COUNT 铲;铁锹
   A shovel is a tool with a long handle that is used for lifting and moving earth, coal, or snow.
   1. ...a coal shovel...
      一把煤铲
   2. She dug the foundation with a pick and shovel.
      她用镐和平锹挖地基。
2. VERB 铲;铲起;用铲挖
   If you shovel earth, coal, or snow, you lift and move it with a shovel.
   1. He has to get out and shovel snow...
      他得出去铲雪。
   2. 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. VERB 迅速把…大量送入
   If you shovel something somewhere, you push a lot of it quickly into that place.
   1. Randall was shoveling food into his mouth.
      兰德尔将食物大口大口地塞进嘴里。

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 has to get out and shovel snow
   他得出去铲雪。
4. 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。
5. He seized a shovel and set to.
   他拿起一把铲就干上了。
6. With coal shovel machines; people don't have to dig out coal shovel by shovel.
   有了攉煤机，再也不用人一铲子一铲子地挖煤了。
7. Loads exerted on lifting and turning cylinders are worked out for two shovel operation modes.
   并就2种铲取方式对举升缸和转斗缸的载荷进行了计算。
8. We used every kinds of tools, head out, shovel, rake to do it.
   我们用了各种工具，铁铲，耙子。
9. Papa would bring an old battered coal shovel and an old-fashioned ice chest with him.
   爸爸会带来一个破旧的挖煤的铲子和一个老式的装冰块的木箱。
10. I got torn and bleeding hands working with a pick and shovel.
    我用一把镐锹干活，双手都磨破流血了。
11. I need a shovel; she's digging here.
    我要把铲子，她在这里挖掘。
12. As long as you can tell a shovel from a lawn mower, you'll be fine.
    只要你能区别割草机和铲子，就没问题。
13. The shovel or bucket of dredge or backhoe.
    挖泥机或锄耕机的铲子或桶。
14. But when we go into the forest carrying the basket and shovel, he is no longer willing.
    可我们拿着篮子和铲走进森林，他就不愿意了。
15. As soon as you shovel these rocks into the tent.
    把这些石头铲进帐篷就行了。
16. He hit his father with a shovel once.
    有一次他还是用铁铲打了他父亲。
17. He was working with a pick and shovel.
    他在用十字镐和铁锹干活。
18. Finished, she picked up a broom and shovel, to continue working.
    说完，她又拿起了笤帚和铲子，继续工作。
19. In the meantime, battle is joined with pick and shovel across the Himalayas.
    与此同时，在整个喜马拉雅地区，铁锨和镐已经加入了战斗之中。
20. In the process of edge shovel cylinder retracted.
    在此过程中边铲缸缩回。
21. The two boys frantically grabbed the rolling pin and the coal shovel and set upon their father.
    两个孩子急了，一个拿起煤铲，一个抄起擀面杖，和爸爸拚了命。
22. He ran and brought the boys 'pick and shovel.
    他跑过去拿回两个孩子的工具：十字镐和铁锹。
23. That he had beaten his dog to death with a shovel.
    他以前用铁铲打死了他的狗。
24. No gun today, and all I had in my cart was a shovel and a box cutter.
    但今天我没带枪，而我的球车里只有铁铲和美工刀。
25. What business has a pick and a shovel here?
    这里要锹和镐头干什么？
26. I believe you have forgotten how to shovel right.
    我想你忘记了怎样正确地用铲子了。
27. Pick and shovel, a dollar a day.
    锄头和铲子，一天一美元。
28. Get a shovel, so that we can dig a hole in the sand.
    拿个铲子来，我们好在沙中挖个洞。
29. What business has a pick and a shovel here? Formerly the coal was dug with picks and spades.
    这里要锹和镐头干什么？从前用镐和铁锹采煤。
30. I, said the owl, with my pick and shovel, I'll dig his grave.
    我来，猫头鹰说，我将为他挖坟墓，用我的凿子和铲子。

noun

1. a machine for excavating

   Synonym:    power shovelexcavatordigger

2. a hand tool for lifting loose material

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:    shovelfulspadeful

verb

1. dig with or as if with a shovel
   1. shovel sand
   2. he shovelled in the backyard all afternoon long