a small garden tool with a curved metal part for lifting plants and digging holes 小铲子（园艺工具） 
a small tool with a flat metal part, used in building for spreading cement or plaster （抹泥灰或砂浆用的）瓦刀，镘刀，抹子
Word OriginMiddle English (as a noun): from Old French truele, from medieval Latin truella, alteration of Latin trulla ‘scoop’, diminutive of trua.
Idioms
lay it on with a trowel
- (informal)
to talk about somebody/something in a way that makes them or it seem much better or much worse than they really are; to exaggerate something 过分地吹捧；言过其实；过分贬低