shovel學測 L3KK [ˈʃʌvəl] ｜ /ˈʃʌvəl/
鏟子；鐵鍬·鏟；用鏟子挖·一鏟的量
生活常見工具，動詞用法常考
He picked up a shovel and began to shovel the dirt out of the hole.
他拿起鏟子，開始把土從洞裡鏟出來。
一個畫面：插入土裡，鏟起倒出
踩鏟入土腳踩鏟緣，把鏟頭壓進土裡
彎腰鏟起彎腰施力，把土鏟起離地
倒出堆放翻轉鏟身，把材料倒到旁邊
義項
鏟子挖土C1noun鏟子；鐵鍬
I used a shovel to dig a hole for the plant.
我用鏟子挖了個洞來種那株植物。
a garden shovela snow shovel
鏟雪鏟土C1verb鏟；用鏟子挖
Every winter morning, he had to shovel the snow off his driveway before going to work.
每個冬天的早晨，他上班前都得把車道上的雪鏟掉。
shovel snowshovel dirt
一鏟煤量C1noun一鏟的量
She added a shovel of coal to the fire to keep the room warm.
她往火裡加了一鏟煤，好讓房間保持溫暖。
a shovel of coal
片語
a garden shovel園藝鏟子 →用於園藝翻土的鏟子
shovel snow鏟雪除雪 →用鏟子把雪鏟開
shovel dirt鏟土挖土 →用鏟子把土鏟起
a shovel of coal一鏟煤炭 →一鏟子裝的煤炭量
你會不會這樣說？
It took him ten minutes to ___ all the snow off the sidewalk. (shovel / shove)
看答案
shovel
shove 是「推」，shovel 拼字相近但字義不同。
'She added a shovel of coal to the fire.' 這裡的 shovel 最接近哪個意思？(A) 鏟子這項工具 (B) 鏟東西的動作 (C) 一鏟子的量
看答案
(C)
a shovel of coal 指一鏟裝的煤炭量，非工具或動作本身。
字族
shoveling 鏟東西的動作（現在分詞）