俚语，可能来自 spade,铲子，挖洞，种土豆。比较 pork,猪肉，原义猪，字面意思为喜欢拱 的动物，词源同 furrow,沟，垄。

1. Run the string for the second spud in to the cement pulg.

将二开钻具下到水泥塞处.

2. To convey oil, build a spud engine on the near oil well.

为了要传达油, 建立一个小锄头引擎在那之上近的油井.

3. A pre - spud meeting to be held prior to drilling.

开钻之前,要找开钻前会.

4. The name is Spud, Sam Spud. I was working late one night.

我叫斯普德, 山姆斯普德. 有天晚上我工作到很晚.

5. Does the modern world owe its very existence to the humble spud?

现代世界的存在要归功于微不足道的马铃薯?