spud
英[sp?d]
美[sp?d]
- n. 馬鈴薯；小鋤頭；剝取樹皮用的刀
- vt. 用小鋤頭挖掘
詞態變化
復數:?spuds;
中文詞源
spud 土豆
俚語，可能來自 spade,鏟子，挖洞，種土豆。比較 pork,豬肉，原義豬，字面意思為喜歡拱 的動物，詞源同 furrow,溝，壟。
英文詞源
- spud (n.)
- mid-15c., "small or poor knife," of uncertain origin probably related to Danish spyd, Old Norse spjot "spear," German Spiess "spear, lance"). Meaning "spade" is from 1660s; sense of "short or stumpy person or thing" is from 1680s; that of "potato" is first recorded 1845 in New Zealand English.
雙語例句
- 1. Run the string for the second spud in to the cement pulg.
- 將二開鉆具下到水泥塞處.
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- 2. To convey oil, build a spud engine on the near oil well.
- 為了要傳達油, 建立一個小鋤頭引擎在那之上近的油井.
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- 3. A pre - spud meeting to be held prior to drilling.
- 開鉆之前,要找開鉆前會.
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- 4. The name is Spud, Sam Spud. I was working late one night.
- 我叫斯普德, 山姆斯普德. 有天晚上我工作到很晚.
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- 5. Does the modern world owe its very existence to the humble spud?
- 現代世界的存在要歸功于微不足道的馬鈴薯?
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