shovel
要点シャベル
意味
- シャベル;パワーシャベル
- (またshovelful)シャベル1杯[分](の…)《+of+名》
- …をシャベルですくう
- (…の中に)〈道など〉をシャベルで掘って作る
- …をシャベルですくうようにしてすくう
- シャベルを使う
例文
We'll have to shovel the snow off the roof.
屋根の雪かきをしないとね。
Tom dug a hole with a pick and a shovel.
トムはつるはしとシャベルで穴を掘った。
I need to shovel snow off of the roof.
屋根の雪下ろしをしないとな。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English schovele, schovel, showell, shole (> English dialectal shoul, shool), from Old English scofl (“shovel”), from Proto-Germanic *skuflō, *skūflō (“shovel”), equivalent to shove + -el (instrumental/agent suffix). Cognate with Scots shuffle, shule, shuil (“shovel”), Saterland Frisian Sköifel (“shovel”), West Frisian skoffel, schoffel (“hoe, spade, shovel”), Dutch schoffel (“spade, hoe”), Low German Schüfel, Schuffel (“shovel”), German Schaufel (“shovel”), Danish skovl (“shovel”), Faroese skupla (“shovel”), Icelandic skófla (“shovel”), Norwegian skyfle (“shovel”), skyffel (“shovel, hoe”), Swedish skyffel, skovel (“shovel”).