trowel

• 一种小型手动工具，带有手柄和平金属片，用于铲取、涂抹或抹平灰泥、水泥等材料。也指园艺中用来挖土的小铲。

A small hand tool with a handle and a flat metal blade, used for scooping, spreading, or applying plaster, cement, or similar materials.

1. Hand tool for spreadingB1formal

   A small hand tool with a handle and a flat, pointed metal blade, used for applying, spreading, or shaping plaster, cement, or mortar.

   抹刀

   • The bricklayer used a trowel to spread the mortar evenly.
   • She smoothed the plaster on the wall with a trowel.
   • He cleaned the trowel after finishing the cement work.

2. Gardening toolA2formal

   A small hand tool with a curved, scoop-shaped blade, used for digging, planting, or weeding in a garden.

   园艺小铲

   • She used a trowel to plant the flowers in the garden bed.
   • He dug a small hole with a trowel for the seedling.
   • The gardener's trowel is essential for transplanting herbs.

• 动词，指用抹刀等工具涂抹、铺开或抹平材料（如灰泥、砂浆或水泥）。

A verb meaning to apply, spread, or smooth a substance (such as plaster, mortar, or cement) using a trowel tool.

1. Apply or spread with a trowelB2formal

   To use a trowel to apply, spread, or smooth a substance such as plaster, cement, or soil.

   用抹刀涂抹

   • He troweled the plaster smoothly onto the wall.
   • She troweled the cement into the gaps between the bricks.
   • The gardener troweled the soil around the new plants.

   同义词applyplastersmoothspread