shovel
shovel — 名詞
1. a gardening or building tool with a wide curved scoop at the end of a long handl
鏟子
有長柄和寬弧形金屬片的工具
a gardening or building tool with a wide curved scoop at the end of a long handle, used to pick up and move loose things such as earth, snow, or stones.
Haruto grabbed the shovel from the shed and began clearing the snow off his driveway.
Haruto 從儲物間拿出鏟子，開始清理車道上的積雪。
shovel for clearing snow from a surface
The gardener leaned the shovel against the wall after digging a hole for the tree.
園丁把鏟子靠在牆上，挖好洞種下了一棵樹。
A metal shovel works better than a plastic one for breaking up hard soil.
要挖硬土的時候，金屬鏟子比塑膠鏟子好用。
Romi bought a small shovel for planting bulbs in the flower beds around the house.
Romi 買了一把小鏟子，準備在花壇裡種球根。
The children each took a shovel and helped fill the sandbox with fresh sand.
每個孩子都拿了一把鏟子，幫忙把新沙裝進沙坑裡。
文法句型
a/the shovel
shovel + for + noun / verb-ing
用法筆記
The blade of a shovel is curved upward at the sides to hold loose material, unlike a spade which has a flat, pointed blade designed for cutting into soil.
常見錯誤
2. the large scoop-shaped bucket at the front of a digger, tractor, or other heavy
鏟斗
挖土機等重型車輛前端的鏟狀部件
the large scoop-shaped bucket at the front of a digger, tractor, or other heavy vehicle, used to collect and lift earth, rocks, or rubble.
The excavator's shovel scooped up a huge pile of dirt in a single movement.
挖土機的鏟斗一次就鏟起了好大一堆泥土。
excavator shovel scooping dirt
Nikhil watched the loader's shovel dump broken rocks into the waiting truck.
Nikhil 看著裝載機的鏟斗把碎石倒進等候中的卡車裡。
A cracked shovel on the digger forced the crew to stop work for two days.
挖土機的鏟斗出現裂縫，導致施工團隊停工了兩天。
The tractor shovel can lift more than two tonnes of gravel in one go.
這台曳引機的鏟斗一次就可以舉起超過兩噸的砂石。
文法句型
the shovel of a + machine noun
a/the + machine + shovel
用法筆記
Frequently used in compound nouns with the machine type, such as 'tractor shovel', 'excavator shovel', or 'loader shovel'.
常見錯誤
3. the quantity of loose material that fits onto a single shovel, used when giving
一鏟
一把鏟子能盛裝的量
the quantity of loose material that fits onto a single shovel, used when giving rough measurements.
The recipe said to add one shovel of sand for every two shovels of cement.
配方上說每兩鏟水泥就要加一鏟沙子。
shovel as a rough measurement unit
Ife emptied another shovel of gravel into the wheelbarrow and wiped her forehead.
Ife 把又一鏟碎石倒進獨輪車裡，然後擦了擦額頭。
Renata added a shovel of coal to the furnace before the temperature dropped too low.
在氣溫降得太低之前，Renata 往爐子裡加了一鏟煤炭。
Each shovel of soil was carefully sifted to remove stones and roots before planting.
種植前，每一鏟土都仔細過篩，挑出石頭和樹根。
- shovelful
the exact synonym, though less common in everyday speech
文法句型
a shovel of + noun (material)
per shovel
each shovel
用法筆記
Often used in instructions for mixing building materials such as concrete, where approximate ratios are given in 'shovels' rather than precise weights.
常見錯誤
shovel — 動詞
1. to lift, move, or clear something using a shovel; also to create a path or space
鏟；鏟起
用鏟子移動或清理
to lift, move, or clear something using a shovel; also to create a path or space by removing material with a shovel.
Haruto spent the whole morning shovelling snow from the front path to the street.
Haruto 花了一整個早上把門前路上的積雪剷到街邊。
shovelling snow from a surface
The workers shovelled gravel into the back of the truck until it was full.
工人們把砂石鏟進卡車後斗，直到裝滿為止。
shovel + noun + into + container
Maeve shovelled the wet soil from the trench to make space for the new pipe.
Maeve 把溝裡的濕土鏟出來，騰出空間安裝新的水管。
After the storm, neighbours helped each other shovel their driveways before the ice set in.
暴風雪過後，鄰居們互相幫忙清理車道上的積雪，免得結冰。
Sivan shovelled a narrow path through the deep snow to reach the chicken coop.
Sivan 在厚厚的積雪中鏟出一條小路，通往雞舍。
- fill
to put material into a space, the opposite of removing material
文法句型
shovel + noun phrase (object)
shovel + adverb / preposition
shovel + object + adjective
用法筆記
When the object is a location (shovel the driveway, shovel the path), the meaning is 'clear by shovelling'. When the object is the material (shovel snow, shovel soil), the meaning is 'move by shovelling'.