一锹 meaning in Chinese

spadeful

So then i got a shovel , and then we picked and shoveled , turn about , and made the fur fly
我找到了一把铁锹。我们两个就你一镐，他一锹地干了起来。
For some time there was no noise but the grating sound of the spades discharging their freight of mould and gravel
有一段时间，只能听到他们一锹一锹抛泥土和石子所发出的嚓嚓声响。
Several battalions of soldiers , in their shirt - sleeves , in spite of the cold wind were toiling like white ants at these entrenchments ; from the trench they saw spadefuls of red clay continually being thrown out by unseen hands
寒风凛冽，几个营的士兵都穿着一件衬衣，像白蚁似地在防御工事上蠕动。望不见的人在土墙后面铲出一锹一锹的红土。
They had a smoke and a chat in the shade , and then dug a little in their last hole , not with great hope , but merely because tom said there were so many cases where people had given up a treasure after getting down within six inches of it , and then somebody else had come along and turned it up with a single thrust of a shovel
他俩先在树荫下抽了一会烟，聊了几句，然后又在剩下的一个洞里继续挖了几锹。当然这样做并非出于抱有多大的希望，只是因为汤姆说过有许多回挖宝的人离宝只有六寸，结果还是让别的人一锹就给挖走了。