shovel
US
UK shovel n: (tool for digging)
SC 铲 chǎn
TC 鏟 / 剷
TC 鏟 / 剷
SC 铁锹 chǎn，tiě qiāo
The gravedigger leaned on his shovel.
掘墓者倚着自己的铲子。
shovel [sth] vtr: (dig or move with shovel)
SC 铲 chǎn
TC 鏟 / 剷
TC 鏟 / 剷
SC 用锹挖 chǎn，yòng qiāo wā
Laura shoveled earth out of the hole she was digging for a garden pond.
劳拉给花园池塘挖洞，然后将洞里的土铲了出来。
shovel [sth] vtr: figurative, informal (eat big mouthfuls)
SC 大口吃
SC 大口塞
Pete shovelled mashed potato into his mouth hungrily.
皮特饿狼般大口大口地将土豆泥塞进嘴里。
shovel n: (shovelful)
SC 一铲
SC 一铲的量
The hole grew bigger as each shovel of soil was removed.
shovel [sth] up, shovel up [sth] vtr + adv: (collect or scoop)
SC 铲起 chǎn qǐ
Workers had to spend weeks shovelling up the tar that had been washed onto the beach.
snow shovel n: (spade for clearing snow)
SC 雪铲
steam shovel n: (digging machine)
SC 蒸汽挖掘机