earthmover

/ˈɜθmuvɚ/ noun

A vehicle designed to excavate or transport earth in large quantities.

Word Origin Earthmover combines the ancient Germanic word for earth (from PIE *er-, also in Old English eorþe) with Latin movere 'to move'. The Latin movere is a busy root: it gives us move, movie (moving pictures), emotion (e- 'out' + movere, something that moves you), and mobile. So an earthmover is literally a thing that moves earth — a great example of a hybrid Germanic-Latin compound.

noun A vehicle designed to excavate or transport earth in large quantities. countable

The construction site brought in several large earthmovers to level the ground.

(名词) 大型推土设备;土方机械

建筑工地调来了几台大型推土机来平整地面。

(sustantivo) Vehículo diseñado para excavar o transportar tierra en grandes cantidades.

El sitio de construcción trajo varias excavadoras grandes para nivelar el terreno.

(nom) engin de terrassement; pelleteuse; bulldozer; niveleuse [Engin de chantier conçu pour excaver ou transporter de grandes quantités de terre.]

Le chantier fit venir plusieurs grands **earthmovers** pour niveler le sol.

(Substantiv) Bagger; Planierraupe; Erdbaugerät [Fahrzeug, das zum Ausheben oder Transportieren großer Erdmengen konstruiert ist.]

Auf der Baustelle wurden mehrere große **earthmover** eingesetzt, um das Gelände einzuebnen.

(名詞) 大量の土を掘削または輸送するために設計された車両。

建設現場は地面を平らにするためにいくつかの大きな**earthmovers**を持ち込んだ。

(substantivo) escavadeira; pá carregadeira; máquina de terraplanagem [Um veículo projetado para escavar ou transportar terra em grandes quantidades.]

O canteiro de obras trouxe várias máquinas pesadas de terraplenagem para nivelar o terreno.

Word parts: earth + move + er

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