English Dictionary

mattock

/ˈmætək/

noun

An agricultural tool whose blades are at right angles to the body, similar to a pickaxe.

I used a mattock to dig up the tree roots.

意味（1）

An agricultural tool whose blades are at right angles to the body, similar to a pickaxe.

Workmen, breaking up an old floor, have come to him, mattocks in their hands, dismayed: ‘Mr Richard, see what we have turned up ...’