• n. （園藝用的）泥鏟；（砌磚用的）[建] 泥刀；（抹灰用的）抹子
• vt. 用抹子涂抹；用小泥鏟挖

來(lái)自古法語(yǔ) truele,小鏟子，來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) truella,小勺子，來(lái)自 trua,勺子，-ella,小詞后綴。可能 來(lái)自 PIE*deru,樹(shù)，木材，詞源同 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.

他在一個(gè)勁兒地拍馬屁.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

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.

他對(duì)她說(shuō),她是自己最喜歡的作家,還說(shuō)她應(yīng)該獲得諾貝爾文學(xué)獎(jiǎng). 他實(shí)際上是在恭維她.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

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

常用的工具包括鏟子、小刀以及刷子。

來(lái)自辭典例句

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

有些板柵碎塊可能立即堆積在刮刀的地方.

來(lái)自辭典例句

5. That was laid on with a trowel.

那稱贊是過(guò)分了.

來(lái)自辭典例句