记忆方法
1. 四川方言念法：铲(chuan) => chuan => truan => trua "a stirring spoon, ladle, skimmer" => truella (diminutive) => trowel.
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词族 · trowel
中文词源
trowel 小铲子
来自古法语 truele,小铲子，来自拉丁语 truella,小勺子，来自 trua,勺子，-ella,小词后缀。可能 来自 PIE*deru,树，木材，词源同 tree,tray,trough.
英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 1. He was laying on the flattery with a trowel.
- 他在一个劲儿地拍马屁.
- 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.
- 他对她说,她是自己最喜欢的作家,还说她应该获得诺贝尔文学奖. 他实际上是在恭维她.
- 3. Common tools include the trowel, penknife and brush.
- 常用的工具包括铲子、小刀以及刷子。
- 4. Some of the grid sections will accumulate immediately in the trowel areas.
- 有些板栅碎块可能立即堆积在刮刀的地方.
- 5. That was laid on with a trowel.
- 那称赞是过分了.