A trowel is a small garden tool which you use for digging small holes or removing weeds.
N-COUNT
抹子;泥刀;瓦刀
A trowel is a small tool with a flat blade that you use for spreading things such as cement and plaster onto walls and other surfaces.
英漢詞典釋義
vt.
竭力恭維；過分夸獎
He was laying on the flattery with a trowel.他在一個勁兒地拍馬屁。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.他對她說,她是自己最喜歡的作家,還說她應該獲得諾貝爾文學獎。他實際上是在恭維她。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials
Verb
1. use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work