spud
spud — 名詞
- spudsingular
- spudsplural
1. an informal word for a potato, especially one that is cooked or sold as food
馬鈴薯
口語說法的馬鈴薯
an informal word for a potato, especially one that is cooked or sold as food
Manuela peeled four spuds for the soup before dinner.
Manuela 晚餐前削了四顆馬鈴薯，準備煮湯。
informal cooking word for potato
Two spuds were baking in the oven beside the fish.
烤箱裡有兩顆馬鈴薯，正在和魚一起烤。
At the market, Amira bought a heavy bag of spuds.
Amira 在市場買了一大袋馬鈴薯。
After lunch, Liam mashed the last spud with butter.
午餐後，Liam 把最後一顆馬鈴薯和奶油一起搗碎。
文法句型
a spud
two spuds
bag of spuds
用法筆記
Informal in everyday talk about food or cooking. In formal writing, potato is usually the safer choice.
2. a narrow hand tool with a flat blade, used to dig into soil or cut through roots
手鏟
可挖土切根的窄鏟
a narrow hand tool with a flat blade, used to dig into soil or cut through roots and weeds
Brooke used a spud to cut the weeds around the fence.
Brooke 用手鏟把籬笆旁的雜草切掉。
tool for cutting roots and weeds
Beside the wall, the old spud sank into the hard ground.
在牆邊，那把舊手鏟陷進了硬土裡。
After the rain stopped, Nila lifted the roots out with a spud.
雨停後，Nila 用手鏟把根小心地撬了出來。
A narrow spud hung by the shed door all winter.
一把窄手鏟整個冬天都掛在小屋門邊。
- spade
spade is broader and more common for general digging
- shovel
a shovel usually has a wider scoop for moving loose material
- weeding tool
a general label rather than the specific tool name
文法句型
a spud
use a spud to + verb
用法筆記
Usually used in gardening contexts for a narrow tool that works close to roots or edges. It is much less common than spade or shovel.
spud — 動詞
- spudpresent simple I / you / we / they
- spuds3rd person singular
- spudding-ing form
- spuddedpast simple
1. to start work on an oil well by drilling into the ground
開鑽
開始鑽探油井
to start work on an oil well by drilling into the ground
The company will spud its first offshore well in July.
那家公司將在七月為第一口離岸油井開鑽。
industry pattern: spud + well
After months of planning, workers spudded the test well.
工人們在規劃了好幾個月後，為那口試驗井開鑽。
The first new oil well may be spudded next spring.
第一口新油井可能會在明年春天開始鑽探。
Before the heavy rains arrived, engineers spudded the second well.
在大雨來臨前，工程師們已為第二口井開鑽。
文法句型
spud + a well
be spudded + time expression
用法筆記
Used mainly in oil-industry reporting. The object is usually well, and the verb focuses on the start of drilling.