n.[C]

1. 铲子，铁锹
   He was working with a shovel.

   他在用铲子干活。

2. 挖土机
3. 一铲的量
4. 铲状物

vt.

1. 用铲铲（起）；用铁锹挖
   It didn't take them long to shovel a path through the snow.

   他们没有花很多时间就在雪地里铲出一条路来。

2. 把……扔进（或塞进）
   They were shoveling coal into a cart.

   他们在把煤铲进手推车。

   He shovelled the food into his mouth.

   他狼吞虎咽地吃完了食物。

vi.

1. 用铲工作

n.

v.

1. move with a shovel.
2. (shovel something down/in) informal eat food quickly and in large quantities.