English Dictionary

backhoe

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbæk.həʊ/

名詞

オーストラリア英語 カナダ英語 アメリカ英語

A piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth. Used in excavator/digger and backhoe tractors.

日本語の意味

土木や建設現場で使用される、アームの先端にショベルやバケットを装備し、後方に引いて土砂を掘削・移動させる油圧式の掘削機

The crew used a backhoe to dig the trench for the new water line.

作業員たちは新しい水道管のための溝を掘るのにバックホーを使った。

意味（1）

A piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth. Used in excavator/digger and backhoe tractors.

意味（2）

(chiefly US, Canada, Australia) A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket. The tractor combines a front-end loader/loader and an excavator/digger.

The backhoe is only one type of heavy equipment for rent. […] I heard about a couple of tool-rental outfits near Chicago that were doing a brisk business renting backhoes and other heavy equipment to homeowners

backhoes （ plural ）