a tool like a spade with a long handle and a broad metal part with curved edges, used for moving earth, snow, sand, etc. 鏟;鐵鏟 workmen with picks and shovels 手拿鎬鏟的工人 - (North American English)
The children took their pails and shovels to the beach. 孩子們帶着桶和鏟子到海灘上去了。
the part of a large machine or vehicle that digs or moves earth (推土機、挖土機等的)鏟,鏟形部分
Word OriginOld English scofl, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schoffel, German Schaufel, also to the verb shove.