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

• I'd better call a spade a spade, I'm not interested in your design.
  直言不讳地说，我对你的设计不感兴趣。
• It's hard working this soil with such an old spade.
  用这把旧铁锹挖土，太难了。
• Just give him a bucket and spade and he's in seventh heaven!
  只要给他一个桶子和一把铲子，他就高兴极了！
• He was digging potatoes with a spade.
  他正在用铁锹挖马铃薯。
• The spade and fork have longer shafts, providing better leverage.
  锹和耙的手柄较长，可发挥较好的杠杆作用。
• Farmers cultivate their farms with spade.
  农夫用锄耕田。
• This spade is no good. I'll go and get another one.
  这铁锹不中用，我去换一把吧。
• My wife always calls a spade a spade about her work situation.
  我妻子对别人谈起她的工作时，总是直言不讳。
• Because of his calling a spade a spade, his boss hates him very much.
  因为他直言不讳，他的老板非常恨他。
• I kept on shoveling and sweeping with a spade and broom.
  我手里拿着铁锨和扫帚不停地铲啊，扫啊。