spade /speid/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it
• (n.) a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot
• (v.) dig (up) with a spade

Chinese translation

• n. 铲子, 锄, 铲刀, 黑桃
• vt. 以锄掘, 把...弄实抹平
• vi. 铲

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/speid/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam

Frequency

Zipf 3.33 · Super Super Rare

Word forms

spading, spaded, spades

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