spades

英 [speɪdz]

美 [speɪdz]

n.  锹; 铲; (纸牌中的)黑桃; 黑桃牌
spade的复数

柯林斯词典

• 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。

双语例句

• In bidding, the suits rank spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs.
  在叫牌时，花色的大小顺序是黑桃、红桃、方块和草花。
• Formerly the coal was dug with picks and spades.
  从前用镐和铁锹采煤。
• He bid three spades.
  他叫三个黑桃。
• I killed his king and played him my final card, the ace of spades.
  我杀了他的K，扔给他最后一张牌：黑桃A。
• It means Hearts, Spades, Diamonds or Clubs.
  它意味着红心、黑桃、红方块、或者梅花。
• They set out, shouldering spades and hoes.
  他们扛起铁锹和锄头就出发了。
• Anyone who has accumulated wealth faces this hazard in spades.
  任何一个已经积累了财富的人都无疑面临这种危险。
• He bought all the gardening utensils he needed, including spades and hoes.
  他购置了所需的全部园艺工具，包括铁锹和锄头。
• I love the black holes cover because it breaks that rule – in spades – and it sold well.
  我喜爱这张黑洞封面，因为它非常肯定地打破了这一原则，并且销售良好。
• Some children were digging in the sand with wooden spades.
  有些孩子在用木铲挖沙子。