trowel

• n. （园艺用的）泥铲；（砌砖用的）[建] 泥刀；（抹灰用的）抹子
• vt. 用抹子涂抹；用小泥铲挖

来自古法语 truele,小铲子，来自拉丁语 truella,小勺子，来自 trua,勺子，-ella,小词后缀。可能 来自 PIE*deru,树，木材，词源同 tree,tray,trough.

trowel (n.)

mid-14c., "tool for spreading plaster or mortar," from Old French truele "trowel" (13c.), from Late Latin truella "small ladle, dipper" (mid-12c.), diminutive of Latin trua "a stirring spoon, ladle, skimmer." The gardening tool was so called since 1796.

1. He was laying on the flattery with a trowel.

他在一个劲儿地拍马屁.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. He told her that she was his favourite author and that she deserved the Nobel Prize for literature. He really laid it on with a trowel.

他对她说,她是自己最喜欢的作家,还说她应该获得诺贝尔文学奖. 他实际上是在恭维她.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Common tools include the trowel, penknife and brush.

常用的工具包括铲子、小刀以及刷子。

来自辞典例句

4. Some of the grid sections will accumulate immediately in the trowel areas.

有些板栅碎块可能立即堆积在刮刀的地方.

来自辞典例句

5. That was laid on with a trowel.

那称赞是过分了.

来自辞典例句