spade

noun

1. 锹；铲
   a garden tool with a broad metal blade and a long handle, used for digging
   1. Turn the soil over with a spade.
      用锹把地翻一遍。
   2. The children took their buckets and spades to the beach.
      孩子们带上自己的桶和铲子到海滩去了。
2. （纸牌中的）黑桃
   one of the four sets of cards (called suits ) in a pack/deck of cards. The cards have a black design shaped like pointed leaves with short stems .
   1. the five/queen/ace of spades
      黑桃五 / 王后 / A
3. 黑桃牌
   a card from the set of spades
   1. You must play a spade if you have one.
      你如果有黑桃牌，就必须打出来。
4. 黑人；黑鬼
   an offensive word for a black person

1. N-COUNT 铲;锹
   A spade is 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。
2. N-UNCOUNT-COLL (纸牌中的)黑桃
   Spades is 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. A spade is a playing card of this suit.
      (一张)黑桃牌
3. PHRASE 有啥说啥;直言不讳
   If you say that someone calls 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。

1. He sank the spade into the ground, and went at it.
   他把铁锹插到地里，开始卖力地干了起来。
2. The spade and fork have longer shafts, providing better leverage.
   锹和耙的手柄较长，可发挥较好的杠杆作用。
3. The spade sank into a clump of overgrown bushes.
   铲子插入了一丛长势旺盛的灌木丛。
4. 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。
5. This spade is no good. I'll go and get another one.
   这铁锹不中用，我去换一把吧。
6. He dug the ground with a spade.
   他用锹挖地。
7. Try to make do with this spade for now.
   这把锹你先对付着用吧。
8. Farmers cultivate their farms with spade.
   农夫用锄耕田。
9. The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.
   在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。
10. My wife always calls a spade a spade about her work situation.
    我妻子对别人谈起她的工作时，总是直言不讳。
11. Bring me the spade we use to dig the garden with!
    把我们挖园子用的那把铁锹给我拿来。
12. With the poor crooked Scythe and Spade.
    用破旧的弯镰刀和铁锹。
13. Just give him a bucket and spade and he's in seventh heaven!
    只要给他一个桶子和一把铲子，他就高兴极了！
14. It's hard working this soil with such an old spade.
    用这把旧铁锹挖土，太难了。
15. My father used a special spade for digging turf.
    我父亲用一把特别的铲子挖草皮。
16. The sons took spade and fork.
    儿子们拿起铁锹和耙子。
17. I'd better call a spade a spade, I'm not interested in your design.
    直言不讳地说，我对你的设计不感兴趣。
18. A sword, a spade, and a thought should never be allowed to rust.
    永远不该让宝剑、铁锹和思想生锈。
19. He was digging potatoes with a spade.
    他正在用铁锹挖马铃薯。
20. In former times Protestants and Catholics used different types of spade.
    从前，新教徒和天主教徒使用不同的铁锹。
21. Let us call a spade a spade: this is central bank finance of the state.
    让我们实话实说吧：这是一种政府通过央行获取资金的体系。
22. Because of his calling a spade a spade, his boss hates him very much.
    因为他直言不讳，他的老板非常恨他。
23. Let's call a spade a spade.
    让我们实话实说吧！
24. He looked at his hands& they were worn from the spade that he had used all his life.
    他看着他的手-他们是破旧的铁锹，他用他所有的生活。
25. When I was a spade a spade for digging, sweat dripping into the dirt.
    当我一锹一锹的挖掘，汗水滴进了泥土。
26. I would hoe and I would weed with a spade.
    我会锄地，会用铁锨除杂草。
27. This spade is five yuan.
    这把铲子售价五元。Bequick！快点！
28. I kept on shoveling and sweeping with a spade and broom.
    我手里拿着铁锨和扫帚不停地铲啊，扫啊。
29. This is an awkward spade.
    这把锹使起来不得劲。
30. You may dig a hole with a spade over there.
    你可以用铲在在边撅个坑。

n.

in spades

• 大量；非常
  in large amounts or to a great degree
  1. He'd got his revenge now, and in spades.
     现在他报了仇，毫不留情地报了仇。

call a spade a spade

• 是啥说啥；直言不讳
  to say exactly what you think without trying to hide your opinion

noun

1. a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot

2. a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it
   1. she led a low spade
   2. spades were trumps

3. (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person
   1. only a Black can call another Black a nigga

   Synonym:    niggerniggacoonjigaboonigra

verb

1. dig (up) with a spade
   1. I spade compost into the flower beds