trowel是什么意思？

trowel

英[ˈtraʊəl] 美[ˈtraʊəl]

• n. 泥刀，抹子，小铲子；
• vt. 用泥刀（等）涂抹，竭力恭维，过分夸奖；

复数：trowels;

例句

• 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。
• He was laying on the flattery with a trowel. 他在一个劲儿地拍马屁。
• 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.
• Common tools include the trowel, penknife and brush. 常用的工具包括铲子、小刀以及刷子。
• 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.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  (园艺用的)小铲子
  A trowel is a small garden tool which you use for digging small holes or removing weeds.
• N-COUNT
  抹子;泥刀;瓦刀
  A trowel is a small tool with a flat blade that you use for spreading things such as cement and plaster onto walls and other surfaces.

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  竭力恭维；过分夸奖
  He was laying on the flattery with a trowel. 他在一个劲儿地拍马屁。 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。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials
• Verb
  1. use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work