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trowel

/trou-uhl/US // ˈtraʊ əl //UK // (ˈtraʊəl) //

小铲子,抹子,铲子,抹刀

Related Words

scoop杓子,勺子,舀子,舀水inquire查询,询问,问询,问讯burrow洞,洞洞,洞洞头,在地窝shovel铲子,铁锹,锸,锹ladle杓子,勺子,杓,杓杓spoon勺子,调羹,汤匙,匙子dipper北斗七星,北斗星,瓢虫,北斗星君bail保释金,保释,保证金,保释人spade铲子,铲,铲铲digger挖掘机,挖土机,挖掘者,掘进机excavator挖掘机,挖土机,挖掘機,挖机prospect前景,前景展望,展望,前景预测rummage翻箱倒柜,翻找,翻查,翻阅search搜索,搜寻,搜查,检索unearth掘出,发掘,出土,挖掘出来explore探索,探讨,探寻,探究dig挖掘,挖掘机,挖出,挖investigate调查,侦查,探讨research研究,研究工作,科研,研究报告probe探测,探索,探测器,调查

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of various tools having a flat blade with a handle, used for depositing and working mortar, plaster, etc.
    • : a similar tool with a curved, scooplike blade, used in gardening for taking up plants, turning up earth, etc.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    trow·eled, trow·el·ing or trow·elled, trow·el·ling.

    • : to apply, shape, smooth, or dig with or as if with a trowel.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inscoop
Forms: troweled, troweling
Synonyms
bail保释金,保释,保证金,保释人dipper北斗七星,北斗星,瓢虫,北斗星君ladle杓子,勺子,杓,杓杓shovel铲子,铁锹,锸,锹spade铲子,铲,铲铲spoon勺子,调羹,汤匙,匙子
as inshovel
Forms: troweled, troweling
Synonyms
scoop杓子,勺子,舀子,舀水
as inshovel
Forms: troweled, troweling
Synonyms
scoop杓子,勺子,舀子,舀水digger挖掘机,挖土机,挖掘者,掘进机excavator挖掘机,挖土机,挖掘機,挖机spade铲子,铲,铲铲
as indelve
Forms: troweled, troweling
Synonyms
burrow洞,洞洞,洞洞头,在地窝inquire查询,询问,问询,问讯dig挖掘,挖掘机,挖出,挖dredge疏浚,疏通,疏导,疏浚工程examine审查,检查,研究,审视excavate开挖,发掘,挖掘,挖出explore探索,探讨,探寻,探究investigate调查,侦查,探讨probe探测,探索,探测器,调查prospect前景,前景展望,展望,前景预测ransack打劫,洗劫一空,翻箱倒柜,洗劫research研究,研究工作,科研,研究报告rummage翻箱倒柜,翻找,翻查,翻阅search搜索,搜寻,搜查,检索seek寻求,寻找,求,征求shovel铲子,铁锹,锸,锹sift筛选,筛,筛分,筛查spade铲子,铲,铲铲unearth掘出,发掘,出土,挖掘出来ferret out查获,查获了,查到的,查获的go into进入,进,入,陷入gouge out挖出,抠掉,剜,抠出jump into跳进,跳入,跳到,跃进leave no stone unturned殚精竭虑,殚精极虑look into探寻,调查,检视,探究really get into真正进入,真正进入了,真正地进入,真正地进入了scoop out挖出,挖出来的,舀出,挖出来turn inside out内翻外翻,颠倒黑白,颠倒过来,颠倒是非

Examples

  • You want to find a trowel that is lightweight, portable, and can handle any terrain without damage.

  • Having a sturdy trowel can be a huge help with that last one.

  • A heavy trowel is used to retrieve a mass of your chosen kind of ice cream from its tub and put it in the cardboard container.

  • I got a trowel, and we planted the withered trilliums in partial shade between the maples and the pines, and gave them water.

  • He found the trowel under the fence, as Gardener Jim had prophesied, and he worked all day, with a brief nooning at home.

  • Sophy disappeared into the house, and came out again, hurriedly, with a trowel in her hand.

  • Trowel and spade and tomahawk went furiously to work, and soon cleared away the gravel from a surface of three or four feet.

  • The cement can be forced into place with the hands and then surfaced with a trowel.

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