trowel
英 ['tra??l]
美['tra??l]
- n. （園藝用的）泥鏟；（砌磚用的）[建] 泥刀；（抹灰用的）抹子
- vt. 用抹子涂抹；用小泥鏟挖
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?trowels;
助記提示
1. 四川方言念法：鏟(chuan) => chuan => truan => trua "a stirring spoon, ladle, skimmer" => truella (diminutive) => trowel.
中文詞源
trowel 小鏟子
來自古法語 truele,小鏟子，來自拉丁語 truella,小勺子，來自 trua,勺子，-ella,小詞后綴。可能 來自 PIE*deru,樹，木材，詞源同 tree,tray,trough.
英文詞源
- trowel (n.)
- mid-14c., "tool for spreading plaster or mortar," from Old French truele "trowel" (13c.), from Late Latin truella "small ladle, dipper" (mid-12c.), diminutive of Latin trua "a stirring spoon, ladle, skimmer." The gardening tool was so called since 1796.
雙語例句
- 1. He was laying on the flattery with a trowel.
- 他在一個勁兒地拍馬屁.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. He told her that she was his favourite author and that she deserved the Nobel Prize for literature. He really laid it on with a trowel.
- 他對她說,她是自己最喜歡的作家,還說她應該獲得諾貝爾文學獎. 他實際上是在恭維她.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Common tools include the trowel, penknife and brush.
- 常用的工具包括鏟子、小刀以及刷子。
來自辭典例句
- 4. Some of the grid sections will accumulate immediately in the trowel areas.
- 有些板柵碎塊可能立即堆積在刮刀的地方.
來自辭典例句
- 5. That was laid on with a trowel.
- 那稱贊是過分了.
來自辭典例句