shovelerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From 中期英語 schoveler, equivalent to shovel +‎ -er.

名詞

shoveler (plural shovelers)

1. One who, or that which, shovels.
   • 1910, Halbert Powers Gillette, Handbook of cost data for contractors and engineers:

     The sand was loaded by 3 shovelers into wheelbarrows holding 3.6 cu. ft. each...

語源 2

From 中期英語 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 中期英語 -ard replacing -aar and later itself replaced by 中期英語 -er, but not completely certain. Probably at least influenced by the shape of the bill and its feeding behavior.

名詞

shoveler (plural shovelers)

1. Any of four species of dabbling duck, in the genus Anas, with distinctive spatulate bills.

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アナグラム

• hovelers, reshovel