trowel
n.泥铲,移植泥刀 vt.用泥铲铲,用泥铲涂
难易程度:
trowel为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:troweler 动词过去式:troweled/trowelled 过去分词:troweled/trowelled 现在分词:troweling/trowelling 第三人称单数:trowels/trowels
trowel
/'traʊəl; `trauəl/
n
1 small tool with a flat blade, used for spreading mortar on bricks or stone, plaster on walls, etc 镘刀, 抹子（抹砂浆、灰泥用的）.
2 small gardening tool with a curved blade for lifting plants, digging holes, etc （园艺用的）小铲子.
3 (idm 习语) lay it on thick/with a trowel => thick adv.
n
1 small tool with a flat blade, used for spreading mortar on bricks or stone, plaster on walls, etc 镘刀, 抹子（抹砂浆、灰泥用的）.
2 small gardening tool with a curved blade for lifting plants, digging holes, etc （园艺用的）小铲子.
3 (idm 习语) lay it on thick/with a trowel => thick adv.
trowel
n[C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: truelle, from Late Latin truella, from Latin trua 'large deep spoon']
a garden tool like a very small spade
a small tool with a flat blade, used for spreading cement on bricks etc
lay it on with a trowel
BrE informal to say things that make something seem much better, worse etc than it really is
= exaggerate
'I really don't feel too good,' I croaked, laying it on with a trowel.
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: truelle, from Late Latin truella, from Latin trua 'large deep spoon']
a garden tool like a very small spade
a small tool with a flat blade, used for spreading cement on bricks etc
lay it on with a trowel
BrE informal to say things that make something seem much better, worse etc than it really is
= exaggerate
'I really don't feel too good,' I croaked, laying it on with a trowel.
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