英汉词典

1. 铲;锹
    A spade is a tool used for digging, with a flat metal blade and a long handle.

    e.g. ... a garden spade...
           园艺铲
    e.g. The girls happily played in the sand with buckets and spades.
           女孩子们拿着桶和铲子在沙滩上快活地玩耍。

2. (纸牌中的)黑桃
    Spades is one of the four suits in a pack of playing cards. Each card in the suit is marked with one or more black symbols: .

spade是什么意思

    e.g. ...the ace of spades.
           黑桃 A

3. 有啥说啥;直言不讳
    If you say that someone calls a spade a spade, you mean that they speak clearly and directly about things, even embarrassing or unpleasant things.

spade

    e.g. I'm not at all secretive, and I'm pretty good at calling a spade a spade.
           我不会遮遮掩掩，我喜欢直言不讳。