spade

noun

/speɪd/

Idioms

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[countable] a garden tool with a broad metal part and a long handle, used for digging锹；铲
- Turn the soil over with a spade.用锹把地翻一遍。
- (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。
compare shovel
- There was a garden spade in the shed.工棚里有一把园艺铲。
- children playing in the sand with their buckets and spades拿着桶和小铲在沙地上玩耍的孩子们
Topics Gardensc1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- garden
verb + spade
- use
phrases
- bucket and spade
- call a spade a spade
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spades
[plural, uncountable] one of the four suits (= sets) in a pack of cards. The cards have a black design with shapes like pointed leaves with short stems.（纸牌中的）黑桃
- the five/queen/ace of spades黑桃五／王后／A
[countable] one card from the suit called spades黑桃牌
- You must play a spade if you have one.你如果有黑桃牌，就必须打出来。
[countable] (taboo, slang) an offensive word for a black person黑人；黑鬼

词源sense 1 Old English spadu, spada, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch spade, German Spaten, also to Greek spathē ‘blade, paddle’.senses 2 to 3 late 16th cent.: from Italian spade, plural of spada ‘sword’, via Latin from Greek spathē.

Idioms

call a spade a spade

to say exactly what you think without trying to hide your opinion是啥说啥；直言不讳
- I believe in calling a spade a spade.我笃信直言不讳，实话实说。
Topics Opinion and argumentc2

in spades

(informal) in large amounts or to a great degree大量；非常
- He'd got his revenge now, and in spades.现在他报了仇，痛快淋漓地报了仇。

词汇	spade
释义	spade noun /speɪd/ /speɪd/ Idioms enlarge image [countable] a garden tool with a broad metal part and a long handle, used for digging锹；铲 Turn the soil over with a spade.用锹把地翻一遍。 (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。 compare shovel There was a garden spade in the shed.工棚里有一把园艺铲。 children playing in the sand with their buckets and spades拿着桶和小铲在沙地上玩耍的孩子们 Topics Gardensc1 Collocations Dictionaryadjective garden verb + spade use phrases bucket and spade call a spade a spade enlarge image spades [plural, uncountable] one of the four suits (= sets) in a pack of cards. The cards have a black design with shapes like pointed leaves with short stems.（纸牌中的）黑桃 the five/queen/ace of spades黑桃五／王后／A [countable] one card from the suit called spades黑桃牌 You must play a spade if you have one.你如果有黑桃牌，就必须打出来。 [countable] (taboo, slang) an offensive word for a black person黑人；黑鬼词源sense 1 Old English spadu, spada, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch spade, German Spaten, also to Greek spathē ‘blade, paddle’.senses 2 to 3 late 16th cent.: from Italian spade, plural of spada ‘sword’, via Latin from Greek spathē. Idioms call a spade a spade to say exactly what you think without trying to hide your opinion是啥说啥；直言不讳 I believe in calling a spade a spade.我笃信直言不讳，实话实说。 Topics Opinion and argumentc2 in spades (informal) in large amounts or to a great degree大量；非常 He'd got his revenge now, and in spades.现在他报了仇，痛快淋漓地报了仇。
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