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

• He gave it to me in spades and there was nothing I could deny.
  他毫不留情地把它向我透露，而我也真没有否定的余地。
• Haven't we got pickaxes and spades?
  我们不是已经有鹤嘴锄和铲子了吗？
• 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。
• Some children were digging in the sand with wooden spades.
  有些孩子在用木铲挖沙子。
• The men were carrying spades and measuring sticks.
  那些人拿着铁锹和量尺。
• Children carrying their buckets and spades to the beach.
  带着桶和锹去海滨的孩子们。
• 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。
• He told me the whole story in spades and there's no doubt about it.
  他明确地把整个经过都对我讲了，一点也不含糊。
• 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。
• She led with the eight of spades.
  她先出了8张黑桃。