A backhoe is a large digging machine. It has a long arm with a bucket, and the bucket scoops toward the machine — the same motion as a garden hoe pulling soil back toward your feet. That is the whole name: a hoe that works backwards.

A backhoe挖土機 is是 a large digging machine一種大型的挖掘機械 It它 has a long arm with a bucket有一隻長長的手臂，前面裝著一個鏟斗 and the bucket scoops toward the machine鏟斗會朝機器自己的方向挖 the same motion as a garden hoe pulling soil back toward your feet動作就跟花園鋤頭把土往你腳邊拉一樣 That這 is the whole name就是這個名字的由來 a hoe that works backwards一支反過來動作的鋤頭

Builders use it to cut trenches, open the ground for pipes and roads, and move earth around a site. The machine you often see is a tractor-like body with a shovel in front for pushing dirt and the digging arm at the back; people on site just call the whole thing a backhoe.

Builders建築工人 use it to cut trenches, open the ground for pipes and roads, and move earth around a site用它來挖溝、為管線和道路挖開地面，還有在工地搬動泥土 The machine you often see你常看到的機型 is a tractor-like body with a shovel in front for pushing dirt是一個像牽引機的機身，前面有推土用的鏟子 and the digging arm at the back後面裝著挖掘用的手臂 people on site工地上的人 just call the whole thing a backhoe就把整台機器叫做backhoe

A bigger cousin sits on tracks and can spin all the way round; that is usually called an excavator, though in loose talk the two get mixed.

A bigger cousin一個比較大的同類機型 sits on tracks and can spin all the way round裝著履帶，可以360度旋轉 that這種 is usually called an excavator通常叫做excavator（挖掘機） though in loose talk the two get mixed不過口語上這兩個詞常常被混用

The word can be a verb too: to backhoe a hole is to dig it with this machine. It is everyday building-site English, not a fancy or technical-only word — though the sales brochure will still say “backhoe loader” when they want to sound precise.

The word這個詞 can be a verb too也可以當動詞用 to backhoe a hole is to dig it with this machineto backhoe a hole（挖一個洞）就是用這台機器把洞挖出來 It它 is everyday building-site English是工地上很日常的英文 not a fancy or technical-only word不是什麼花俏或純技術性的詞 though the sales brochure will still say "backhoe loader" when they want to sound precise不過銷售型錄想講得精確時還是會說「backhoe loader」