spatula

FREQ #27674

n. 刮刀, 压舌片, 匙突 [医] 药刀, 软膏刀; 铲; 压舌板

发音

US /ˈspætjʊlə/

词形变化

spatulae spatulæ spatulas 复数 spatulas spatulae 复数 spatulæ 复数 spatulaed spatulaing spatulas 三单 spatulaing 现在分词 spatulaed 过去式 spatulaed 过去分词

别名

spatcheler

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A kitchen utensil consisting of a flat surface attached to a long handle, used for turning, lifting, or stirring food.

    锅铲

    镬铲

    烹饪
  2. 2.

    A kitchen utensil consisting of a flexible surface attached to a long handle, used for scraping the sides of bowls.

    加拿大 美国
  3. 3.

    A palette knife.

    过时
  4. 4.

    A thin hand tool, often made of nickel, for handling chemicals or other materials, when weighing, etc.

    化学
  5. 5.

    A tongue depressor.

    英国
  6. 6.

    A croupier's tool for turning up cards in a casino.

  7. 7.

    A sclerotized, T-shaped plate in the prothorax of larvae of flies belonging to family Cecidomyiidae, the gall midges.

    生物 动物学
v.
  1. 1.

    To lift with or as if with a spatula.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To strike with a spatula.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

turner hand tool

下位词 3

slice palette knife putty knife

部分词 5

hold handle blade grip handgrip

词源

Borrowed from Latin spatula (“a flat piece”), the diminutive form of spatha (“broad or flat tool”), from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “a broad wood or metal blade”). Doublet of spauld; compare spatha and spathe.

来源：wiktionary