spade

英 [speɪd]

美 [speɪd]

n. 锹; 铲; (纸牌中的)黑桃; 黑桃牌

复数：spades　现在分词：spading　过去式：spaded　第三人称单数：spades　过去分词：spaded　

Collins.1 / BNC.8703 / COCA.13365

习惯用语

in spades

call a spade a spade

noun

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。
（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
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。
黑人；黑鬼
an offensive word for a black person

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。

noun

a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot
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
(ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person
1. only a Black can call another Black a nigga
Synonym:niggerniggacoonjigaboonigra

verb

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。
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。
This is an awkward spade.
这把锹使起来不得劲。
My father used a special spade for digging turf.
我父亲用一把特别的铲子挖草皮。
Try to make do with this spade for now.
这把锹你先对付着用吧。
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。
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。
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。
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。
You may dig a hole with a spade over there.
你可以用铲在在边撅个坑。