pickaxe

英 [ˈpɪkæks]

美 [ˈpɪkæks]

n.  镐; 尖嘴镐; 鹤嘴锄

BNC.35856 / COCA.32809

牛津词典

noun

• 镐；尖嘴镐；鹤嘴锄
  a large heavy tool that has a curved metal bar with sharp ends fixed at the centre to a wooden handle. It is used for breaking rocks or hard ground.

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 pickax


• 鹤嘴锄；丁字镐
  Apickaxeis a large tool consisting of a curved, pointed piece of metal with a long handle joined to the middle. Pickaxes are used for breaking up rocks or the ground.

英英释义

noun

• a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
  1. they used picks and sledges to break the rocks
  Synonym:pickpickax

双语例句

• The construction site has a lack of labor, so he took a pickaxe and went there to help.
  工地上缺人手，他拿了个镢头就帮忙去了。
• He took up a pickaxe into the job.
  他抄起一把锄头就干活。
• The clumsiness of power spoils the key, and uses the pickaxe.
  权力拙劣地溺爱着钥匙，竟利用了鹤嘴锄。
• He had nothing more to do now, but with the iron tooth of the pickaxe to draw the stones towards him one by one.
  现在他只要用鹤嘴锄的铁齿把石头一块一块的勾到身边来就得了。
• He rested on his pickaxe for a while.
  他在尖嘴镐上靠了一会儿。
• The pickaxe struck for a moment with a dull sound that drew out of Dant è s'forehead large drops of perspiration.
  鹤嘴锄最初敲上去时只发出了一声沉重浑浊的声音，那种声音使唐太斯的前额挂满了大滴的冷汗。
• Instead of a pickaxe, you can offer me some tea.
  镐不用，你倒可以给我一些茶。
• He advanced towards the angle, and summoning all his resolution, attacked the ground with the pickaxe.
  他向那个角落走去好象突然下了一个很大的决心似的，用鹤嘴锄猛击地面。
• I can provide you with a pickaxe.
  我可以提供你镐。
• The first time I saw a mattock of the Uygur nationality, I thought it quite similar to a pickaxe of the Han nationality.
  第一次亲眼见到坎土曼，我觉得这种农具和汉族的镐差不太多。