trowel

词源记忆法

来自古法语truele，小铲子，来自拉丁语truella，小勺子，来自trua，勺子，-ella，小词后缀。可能来自PIE*deru，树，木材，词源同tree，tray，trough.

习语积累

习语 n. lay it on with a trowel (informal) 过分地吹捧；言过其实；过分贬低 to talk about sb/sth in a way that makes them or it seem much better or much worse than they really are; to exaggerate sth He was laying the flattery on with a trowel. 他吹捧得天花乱坠。