a tool with a broad flat part that is not sharp, used for mixing and spreading things, especially in cooking and painting （烹饪、油漆等活动中用以调拌或涂敷的）铲，刮勺，抹刀，刮刀 
- (North American English) (British English fish slice)
a kitchen utensil that has a broad flat part with narrow holes in it, attached to a long handle, used for turning and lifting food when cooking 煎鱼锅铲，漏铲（铲面有细长孔） 
- (British English) (North American English tongue depressor)
a thin flat instrument that doctors use for pressing the tongue down when they are examining somebody’s throat 压舌板
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin, variant of spathula, diminutive of spatha, from Greek spathē ‘broad blade’.