spades

英 [speɪdz]

美 [speɪdz]

n.  锹; 铲; (纸牌中的)黑桃; 黑桃牌
spade的复数

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。

双语例句

• Children carrying their buckets and spades to the beach.
  带着桶和锹去海滨的孩子们。
• I killed his king and played him my final card, the ace of spades.
  我杀了他的K，扔给他最后一张牌：黑桃A。
• He bought all the gardening utensils he needed, including spades and hoes.
  他购置了所需的全部园艺工具，包括铁锹和锄头。
• I love the black holes cover because it breaks that rule – in spades – and it sold well.
  我喜爱这张黑洞封面，因为它非常肯定地打破了这一原则，并且销售良好。
• He bid three spades.
  他叫三个黑桃。
• The men were carrying spades and measuring sticks.
  那些人拿着铁锹和量尺。
• 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。
• She led with the eight of spades.
  她先出了8张黑桃。
• She played the ace of spades.
  她出了一张黑桃么。
• He told me the whole story in spades and there's no doubt about it.
  他明确地把整个经过都对我讲了，一点也不含糊。