shoveler

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who, or that which, shovels.
    — The sand was loaded by 3 shovelers into wheelbarrows holding 3.6 cu. ft. each...
  2. Any of four species of dabbling duck, in the genus Anas, with distinctive spatulate bills.

词形变化

shovelers plural shoveller alternative shovelers plural shoveller alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English schoveler, equivalent to shovel + -er.
词源 2
From Middle English shoulere, shovellewre, shovelere, schoueler, alteration of earlier schovelerd, schulerde, schevelard (“shovelard”), from schovel (“shovel”), perhaps influenced by malard (“mallard”), on model of Middle Dutch lepelaar (“spoonbill”), with Middle English -ard replacing -aar and later itself replaced by Middle English -er, but not completely certain. Probably at least influenced by the shape of the bill and its feeding behavior.
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