mid-14c., "tool for spreading plaster or mortar," from Old French truele "trowel" (13c.), from Late Latin truella "small ladle, dipper" (mid-12c.), diminutive of Latin trua "a stirring spoon, ladle, skimmer." The gardening tool was so called since 1796.
实用例句
1. He was laying on the flattery with a trowel.
他在一个劲儿地拍马屁.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. He told her that she was his favourite author and that she deserved the Nobel Prize for literature. He really laid it on with a trowel.
他对她说,她是自己最喜欢的作家,还说她应该获得诺贝尔文学奖. 他实际上是在恭维她.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Common tools include the trowel, penknife and brush.
常用的工具包括铲子、小刀以及刷子。
来自辞典例句
4. Some of the grid sections will accumulate immediately in the trowel areas.
