"It took a couple of whacks with the shovel to realize that this was an impossible task with hand tools, " Cushman says.
铲子的几次重击让我们意识到单靠手动工具是不可能完成这项工作的。A stampede of men with picks and shovels duly streams out of Heaven and an impressed St Peter waves the speculator through.
于是，手拿着鹤嘴镐和铲子的人蜂拥着涌出天堂之门，彼得大帝深深佩服这个勘探者，招呼他进来。But tossing is also a useful technique for cooking vegetables, as a toss is often less bruising than a turn.
烹制蔬菜的时候颠勺也是一个很有用的技巧，不像用铲子翻菜，颠勺不容易把菜弄破。Going to the garage, he fetched a spade and began digging in the garden. He had to finish before she got home.
走到车库里，他找到一把铲子，就开始在花园里挖洞。他得在妈妈回家之前把一切搞定。Instead she was holding a small spade and began to dig into the carpet, pushing it away to each side as if making a furrow to sow seeds.
而是她握着一个小铲子，开始在地毯上挖掘，把它推到两侧，好像犁出一道沟缝去播种。'Rou won't believe what I'm going to tell you, " she said as she threw ashes over his excrement in order to pick it up with the shovel. "
“你别相信我刚才告诉你的话吧，”说着，她拿灰撒在他的粪便上，然后用铲子把它铲了起来。I, said the Owl, With my pick and shovel, I'll dig his grave.
猫头鹰说，是我，用我的凿子铲子，我会来挖坟墓。Anthony saw the black steel edge of the snowplow blade hit the young child under the chin, driving his head back and scraping over his face.
安东尼只见雪铲的黑色钢刃击中幼孩的下巴，将他的头往后一推，铲子从他脸上括过。Charlie sprung up, grabbed the shovel from the boy, and whacked him with it several times shouting "you not to Tommy, you not to Tommy. "
当他准备逃跑时，查理出现了，从男孩手中抢了铲子然后打了几下男孩同时嚷嚷着：‘你不是Tommy，不要抢他的’。