1. call a spade a spade : 直言不讳；

1. spade的翻译

1. I spent the whole morning spading the garden.
    我用了一整个上午平整花园。

1. He was digging potatoes with a spade.
    他正在用铁锹挖马铃薯。

1. 铲：1.买一把铁铲(Spade),然后根据任务提示,走入任务点. 2.不要去敲任务点的房门,进入房屋旁的玫瑰园,有一圈玫瑰围着的地,走到当中选则挖掘(方向键的下将显示铲子的图示),将获得1把银钥匙. 3.走到可攻击的玫瑰刺旁,将可以看见一个箱子,

2. 铲子：法国人将四种花色理解为矛、红心、方形和丁香叶,而英国人则将四种花色理解为铲子(Spade)、红心(Heart)、钻石(Diamond)和三叶草(Club). 为什么要以这四种图案作为扑克牌的花色,历来有说法很多.

3. 锹：在营救现场,会有crane(吊车), bulldozer(推土机),truck(卡车 )等大型机械在工作,但由于还有生死不明的人被埋在废墟下面,为避免伤及可能的幸存者,人们往往只能用铁锹(spade),撬棒(crowbar),甚至徒手(bare hands)来搜救幸存者,

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4. spade：signal processing and display equipment; 信号处理与显示设备

1. 铲;锹
    A spade is a tool used for digging, with a flat metal blade and a long handle.

    e.g. ... a garden spade...
           园艺铲
    e.g. The girls happily played in the sand with buckets and spades.
           女孩子们拿着桶和铲子在沙滩上快活地玩耍。

2. (纸牌中的)黑桃
    Spades is one of the four suits in a pack of playing cards. Each card in the suit is marked with one or more black symbols: .

    e.g. ...the ace of spades.
           黑桃 A

3. 有啥说啥;直言不讳
    If you say that someone calls a spade a spade, you mean that they speak clearly and directly about things, even embarrassing or unpleasant things.

    e.g. I''m not at all secretive, and I''m pretty good at calling a spade a spade.
           我不会遮遮掩掩，我喜欢直言不讳。

1. a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot

2. a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it

    e.g. she led a low spade
           spades were trumps

3. (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person

    e.g. only a Black can call another Black a nigga

    Synonym: niggerniggacoonjigaboonigra

1. dig (up) with a spade

    e.g. I spade compost into the flower beds