pickaxe

英 [ˈpɪkæks]

美 [ˈpɪkæks]

n.  镐; 尖嘴镐; 鹤嘴锄

BNC.35856 / COCA.32809

牛津词典

noun

• 镐；尖嘴镐；鹤嘴锄
  a large heavy tool that has a curved metal bar with sharp ends fixed at the centre to a wooden handle. It is used for breaking rocks or hard ground.

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 pickax


• 鹤嘴锄；丁字镐
  Apickaxeis a large tool consisting of a curved, pointed piece of metal with a long handle joined to the middle. Pickaxes are used for breaking up rocks or the ground.

英英释义

noun

• a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends
  1. they used picks and sledges to break the rocks
  Synonym:pickpickax

双语例句

• He stole the pickaxe from the production team and was therefore criticized by the team leader.
  他偷了生产队的铁镐，遭到了队长的批评。
• He approached the hole he had dug. and now, with the aid of the torch, saw that his pickaxe had in reality struck against iron and wood.
  他举着火把走近他刚才挖成的洞的前面，看到鹤嘴锄的确掘到了铁皮和木头。
• He took up a pickaxe into the job.
  他抄起一把锄头就干活。
• He had nothing more to do now, but with the iron tooth of the pickaxe to draw the stones towards him one by one.
  现在他只要用鹤嘴锄的铁齿把石头一块一块的勾到身边来就得了。
• He pecked at the hard ground with a pickaxe.
  他用鹤嘴锄掘坚硬的土地。
• I can provide you with a pickaxe.
  我可以提供你镐。
• The first time I saw a mattock of the Uygur nationality, I thought it quite similar to a pickaxe of the Han nationality.
  第一次亲眼见到坎土曼，我觉得这种农具和汉族的镐差不太多。
• Attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example.
  例如，用冰镐或者坚硬的地面攻击。
• He had a pickaxe somewhere in the heather, in a hiding-place known to himself alone.
  他有一把十字镐藏在灌木丛中一个只有他知道的隐蔽处。
• He advanced towards the angle, and summoning all his resolution, attacked the ground with the pickaxe.
  他向那个角落走去好象突然下了一个很大的决心似的，用鹤嘴锄猛击地面。