| 释义 |
trowel/ˈtraʊəl/ n. & v.●n. 1 a small hand-held tool with a flat pointed blade, used to apply and spread mortar etc. (用来抹涂灰泥或灰浆等的)小泥刀，镘刀 2 a similar tool with a curved scoop for lifting plants or earth (用来移植树苗或挖泥土的)小铲子 ●v. tr. (trowelled, trowelling; US [美] troweled, troweling) 1 apply (plaster etc.) 抹涂(灰浆等) 2 dress (a wall etc.) with a trowel (用镘刀)修平(墙壁等) [Middle English via Old French truele and medieval Latin truella from Latin trulla ‘scoop’, diminutive of trua ‘ladle’ etc.] |