spades

英 [speɪdz]

美 [speɪdz]

n.  锹; 铲; (纸牌中的)黑桃; 黑桃牌
spade的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 铲;锹
  Aspadeis a tool used for digging, with a flat metal blade and a long handle.
  1. ... a garden spade...
     园艺铲
  2. 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。
• N-UNCOUNT-COLL (纸牌中的)黑桃
  Spadesis one of the four suits in a pack of playing cards. Each card in the suit is marked with one or more black symbols: .
  1. ...the ace of spades.
     黑桃 A
  2. Aspadeis a playing card of this suit.
     (一张)黑桃牌
• PHRASE 有啥说啥;直言不讳
  If you say that someonecalls a spade a spade, you mean that they speak clearly and directly about things, even embarrassing or unpleasant things.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• We brought some spades, pails and saplings with us.
  同学们拿着铁锨、水桶和小树苗上路了。
• They set out, shouldering spades and hoes.
  他们扛起铁锹和锄头就出发了。
• Okay, so that's diamonds, hearts, spades and clubs.
  好的，那是方片，桃心，铁锹和梅花。
• A playing card in the major suit of spades.
  高级花色黑桃中的一张扑克牌。
• He told me the whole story in spades and there's no doubt about it.
  他明确地把整个经过都对我讲了，一点也不含糊。
• Holiday mad Brits are packing their buckets and spades and heading for the sun.
  酷爱假日的英国人正收拾小桶和锹铲前往阳光充足的地方。
• The girls happily played in the sand and sea with buckets and spades.
  女孩们带着铲子和小桶在沙滩上快活地玩耍。
• Children carrying their buckets and spades to the beach.
  带着桶和锹去海滨的孩子们。
• He bought all the gardening utensils he needed, including spades and hoes.
  他购置了所需的全部园艺工具，包括铁锹和锄头。
• He gave it to me in spades and there was nothing I could deny.
  他毫不留情地把它向我透露，而我也真没有否定的余地。