英汉词典

spade 基本解释

• n. 铁锹，铲子
• vt. 铲；把……弄实抹平
• vi. 铲
• n. (Spade)人名；(英)斯佩德；(法)斯帕德

spade 词态变化

spade 中文词源

来自古英语 spadu,锹，铲，来自 Proto-Germanic*spadan,锹，铲，来自 PIE*spe-dh-,扩展自*spe, 长木条，词源同 spoon,spay.

扑克牌花色，来自拉丁语 spatha,宽刀，阔剑，来自希腊语 spathe,宽刀，阔剑，来自 PIE*spe-dh-, 扩展自*spe,长木条，词源同 spoon,spay.后用于指扑克牌的花色黑桃。

spade 英文词源

spade

spade: English has two words spade, but they are ultimately related. Spade for digging [OE] comes from a Low German source, which also produced Dutch spade. This went back to, or shared a common source with, Greek spáthē ‘broad blade’, which was borrowed into Latin as spatha ‘broad flat instrument’ (source of the English botanical term spathe [18]).

This in turn passed into Italian as spada ‘broad sword’, whose plural spade gave English the playingcard symbol spade [16]. The corresponding French term is épée ‘sword’, adopted by English as a fencing term in the 19th century; and its Old French precursor espee is the ultimate source of English spay [15]. The diminutive form of Latin spatha was spathula, from which English gets spatula [16].
=> spathe, spatula, spay, spoon

spade (n.1)

"tool for digging," Old English spadu "spade," from Proto-Germanic *spadan (cognates: Old Frisian spada "a spade," Middle Dutch spade "a sword," Old Saxon spado, Middle Low German spade, German Spaten), from PIE *spe-dh-, from root *spe- (2) "long, flat piece of wood" (cognates: Greek spathe "wooden blade, paddle," Old English spon "chip of wood, splinter," Old Norse spann "shingle, chip;" see spoon (n.)).

"A spade differs from a two-handed shovel chiefly in the form and thickness of the blade" [Century Dictionary]. To call a spade a spade "use blunt language, call things by right names" (1540s) translates a Greek proverb (known to Lucian), ten skaphen skaphen legein "to call a bowl a bowl," but Erasmus mistook Greek skaphe "trough, bowl" for a derivative of the stem of skaptein "to dig," and the mistake has stuck [see OED].

spade (n.2)

black figure on playing cards," 1590s, probably from Italian spade, plural of spada "the ace of spades," literally "sword, spade," from Latin spatha "broad, flat weapon or tool," from Greek spathe "broad blade" (see spade (n.1)). Phrase in spades "in abundance" first recorded 1929 (Damon Runyon), probably from bridge, where spades are the highest-ranking suit.

The invitations to the musicale came sliding in by pairs and threes and spade flushes. [O.Henry, "Cabbages & Kings," 1904]

Derogatory meaning "black person" is 1928, from the color of the playing card symbol.

spade 词组搭配

spade 英文释义

1. a playing card in the major suit of spades

2. a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot

3. (ethnic slur) offensive name for a Black person;

"only a Black can call another Black a nigga"

spade 同义词解析

spade, shovel

这两个名词均可表示"铲，铁，锹"之意。

spade： 指用于挖土刨地的铲子或铁锹。

shovel： 指用铲煤块、煤渣、沙雪或糖等铲子，有大有小。

spade 双语例句

1. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He sank the spade into the ground, and went at it.

他把铁锹插到地里，开始卖力地干了起来。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The spade sank into a clump of overgrown bushes.

铲子插入了一丛长势旺盛的灌木丛。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Turn the soil over with a spade.

用锹把地翻一遍。

来自《权威词典》

5. The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.

在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹.

来自《简明英汉词典》

spade 实用场景例句

Turn the soil over with a spade.

用锹把地翻一遍。

牛津词典

(British English)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。

牛津词典

the five/queen/ace of spades

黑桃五 / 王后 / A

牛津词典

You must play a spade if you have one.

你如果有黑桃牌，就必须打出来。

牛津词典

He'd got his revenge now, and in spades.

现在他报了仇，毫不留情地报了仇。

牛津词典

... a garden spade...

园艺铲

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the ace of spades.

黑桃 A

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The spade clanged when it hit the rock.

铁锹铲在石头上发出当的一声.

辞典例句

He was an old man, and each time he thrust his spade earth, he heaved heavily.

这是一位老人, 农活显然是艰苦的,他每锄地一次, 都要沉重地再次举起铁锹.

期刊摘选

She led a low spade.

她出了一张小黑桃.

期刊摘选

He prefered, in his grandiloquent way , to call a spade a spade.

他喜欢夸夸其谈地谈出事实的真相来.

辞典例句

This spade is five yuan.

这把铲子售价五元.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

I can not say the crow is white, but must need calling a spade a spade.

我不能说乌鸦是白的, 惟有是啥说啥.

期刊摘选

This spade is no good. I'll go and get another one.

这铁锹不中用, 我去换一把吧.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

This is an awkward spade.

这把锹使起来不得劲.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Call a spade a spade.

据实而言.

期刊摘选

Dad uses a spade to dig the garden.

爸爸用铁锹翻花园里的土.

《简明英汉词典》

He dug the ground with a spade.

他用锹挖地.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

She doubled for the spade.

她叫黑桃牌.

期刊摘选

The girl looked very strong, and she was holding a spade in her hand.

那女孩子长得很壮实, 手里撑着一把铁锹.

期刊摘选

This spade is very handy.

这把铁锹使起来挺顺手.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

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!

辞典例句

The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.

在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹.

《简明英汉词典》

Either by your foot or by a spade.

用脚或铁锹都行.

期刊摘选

What should you want with a spade?

你要铁锹做什么?

辞典例句

The gardener felt something hard with his spade.

这园林工感到铁锹碰到一个硬物.

《简明英汉词典》

I believe in calling a spade a spade.

我赞成有话直说.

《简明英汉词典》