spade

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spade /speɪd/ noun [countableC]

DLGa tool for digging that has a long handle and a broad metal blade that you push into the ground 铲，铁锹 → shovel →4 See picture of 见图 GARDENING →5 see picture at 见图 garden

2 (also spades [plural])DGC a playing card belonging to the set of cards that have one or more black shapes that look like pointed leaves printed on them 〔纸牌中的〕黑桃

the queen of spades

黑桃王后

3. call a spade a spade to speak about things in a direct and honest way, even though it may be impolite to do this 有一说一，直言不讳

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call a spade a spade• Why not call a spade a spade and say that she's incompetent, if that what you're thinking.

4 in spades LOT/VERY MUCHto a great degree, or in large amounts 非常，极其；大量

Beauty, intelligence, wealth – my mother had all of them in spades.

美貌、智慧、财富——这些在我母亲身上都有很好的体现。

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in spades• Beauty, love-of-life, wealth - my mother had it all, in spades.

5. [countableC] taboo old-fashionedSANINSULT a very offensive word for a black person. Do not use this word. 黑鬼

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spade• And it's no use calling a spade an effing shovel, when saying spade would have been far more effective.• A spade lay half-buried in mud.• The woman stuck her spade in the ground.• Beyond the stables the monotonous sound of Varro's spade went on and on.• The three spades needed when ferreting: the Norfolk long spade, the graft, and the filling-in spade.• I thought the going would be easy after penetrating the surface layers of soil and roots with spade and ax.

Origin spade

1. Old English spadu

2. (1500-1600) Italian spada or Spanish espada “broad sword” (used as a mark on cards), from Latin spatha; → SPATULA

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