[N-COUNT 可数名词]铲;锹 A spade is a tool used for digging, with a flat metal blade and a long handle.
... a garden spade...
园艺铲
The girls happily played in the sand with buckets and spades.
女孩子们拿着桶和铲子在沙滩上快活地玩耍。
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[N-UNCOUNT-COLL 不可数集合名词](纸牌中的)黑桃Spades is one of the four suits in a pack of playing cards. Each card in the suit is marked with one or more black symbols: .
...the ace of spades.
黑桃 A
A spade is a playing card of this suit.(一张)黑桃牌
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[PHRASE 短语]有啥说啥;直言不讳 If you say that someone calls a spade a spade, you mean that they speak clearly and directly about things, even embarrassing or unpleasant things.
[V inflects]
[approval]
I'm not at all secretive, and I'm pretty good at calling a spade a spade.
我不会遮遮掩掩,我喜欢直言不讳。
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spade/speɪd; NAmEspeɪd/noun _tools_garden_comp.jpg _spade.jpg 1[countable ]a garden tool with a broad metal blade and a long handle, used for digging 锹;铲◆Turn the soil over with a spade.用锹把地翻一遍。◆( BrE) The children took their buckets and spadesto the beach. 孩子们带上自己的桶和铲子到海滩去了。☞compare
shovel
2spades[plural , uncountable ]one of the four sets of cards (called
suits
) in a pack/deckof cards. The cards have a black design shaped like pointed leaves with short stems(纸牌中的)黑桃◆the five/queen/ace of spades黑桃五╱王后╱ A3[countable ]a card from the set of spades黑桃牌◆You must play a spade if you have one.你如果有黑桃牌,就必须打出来。4[countable ]( taboo,slang) an offensive word for a black person 黑人;黑鬼IDIOMin ˈspades( informal) in large amounts or to a great degree 大量;非常◆He'd got his revenge now, and in spades.现在他报了仇,毫不留情地报了仇。☞more at
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v.spadespadesspadedspadingspade/speɪd; NAmEspeɪd/
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spadespade /speɪd/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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1spade (1)a tool for digging that has a long handle and a broad metal blade that you push into the ground → shovel2 (also spades [plural]) a playing card belonging to the set of cards that have one or more black shapes that look like pointed leaves printed on them: the queen of spades3call a spade a spade to speak about things in a direct and honest way, even though it may be impolite to do this4in spades to a great degree, or in large amounts: Beauty, intelligence, wealth – my mother had all of them in spades.5[countable] taboo old-fashioned a very offensive word for a black person. Do not use this word.
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