hod

IPA/hɒd/
IPA/hɑːd/

hod — noun

  • hodsingular
  • hodsplural

1. a builder's long open tray, fitted with a handle, for moving bricks or wet morta

1.名詞C2
釋義

a builder's long open tray, fitted with a handle, for moving bricks or wet mortar on one shoulder.

例句

The bricklayer balanced a hod on his shoulder before climbing the ladder.

carry a hod on the shoulder

Nia filled the hod with bricks beside the half-built garden wall.

fill a hod with bricks

同義詞
  • tray

    a much broader word for an open container; it does not suggest building work or shoulder-carrying

  • trough

    highlights the long open shape, but not the pole or the builder's shoulder

  • carrier

    very general word for something used to move a load, with far less shape detail

文法句型

carry a hod

fill a hod with bricks

a hod of mortar

用法筆記

Mostly seen in traditional or manual building work. A hod is carried on the shoulder, unlike a bucket or wheelbarrow, which is held or pushed in other ways.

常見錯誤

❌The painter carried the paint in a hod.
✅The painter carried the paint in a bucket.
💡a hod is mainly for bricks, mortar, or similar building material, not for ordinary liquids.
❌The worker pushed the hod across the site.
✅The worker pushed the wheelbarrow across the site.' OR 'The worker carried the hod on his shoulder.
💡a hod is meant to be carried on the shoulder, not pushed along the ground.