a tool with a sharp-edged, typically rectangular, metal blade and a long handle, used for digging or cutting earth, sand, turf, etc.
铲，锹。
a tool of a similar shape for another purpose, especially one for removing the blubber from a whale
（尤指剖割鲸脂的）铲刀。
[as modifier]shaped like a spade
铲形的
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a spade bit .铲形钻头。
dig over (ground) with a spade
用锹挖（地）
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while spading the soil, I think of the flowers .我铲地的时候，一直留意着那些花朵。
[with obj. and adverbial of direction]move (soil) with a spade
用锹铲（土）
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earth is spaded into the grave .土被铲进墓穴中。
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（纸牌中的）黑桃。
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一张黑桃牌。
〈非正式，冒犯〉 黑人。
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call a spade a spade speak plainly without avoiding unpleasant or embarrassing issues 直言不讳
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spaden.铲；锹；黑桃；黑人；铲形的；一张黑桃牌；铲刀
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spacen.空间；空地；篇幅；一段时间；线间；间隔；空格；空铅；线间空白；期间
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spareadj.多余的；瘦削的；简洁；暂时空闲的
"Old English
