spud
英[spʌd]
美[spʌd]
- n. 马铃薯；小锄头；剥取树皮用的刀
- vt. 用小锄头挖掘
词态变化
复数: spuds;
中文词源
spud 土豆
俚语，可能来自 spade,铲子，挖洞，种土豆。比较 pork,猪肉，原义猪，字面意思为喜欢拱 的动物，词源同 furrow,沟，垄。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Run the string for the second spud in to the cement pulg.
- 将二开钻具下到水泥塞处.
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- 2. To convey oil, build a spud engine on the near oil well.
- 为了要传达油, 建立一个小锄头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.
- 开钻之前,要找开钻前会.
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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?
- 现代世界的存在要归功于微不足道的马铃薯?
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