A JCB is a heavy machine used to dig holes and move earth, with a big scoop and a digging arm.

A JCB JCB is a heavy machine是一種重型機具 used to dig holes and move earth用來挖洞和搬土, with a big scoop and a digging arm有一個大鏟斗和一支挖掘臂。

In Britain people say a JCB the way they might say a digger: the letters are a brand name that became the everyday word for that kind of vehicle, a bit like saying a brand name when you mean the whole type of thing. The letters are the initials of Joseph Cyril Bamford, who started the company.

In Britain在英國 people say a JCB人們說a JCB the way they might say a digger就像說a digger一樣: the letters這幾個字母 are a brand name其實是一個品牌名 that became the everyday word for that kind of vehicle後來變成這種車的日常用語, a bit like saying a brand name when you mean the whole type of thing有點像用品牌名來指整個那類東西。The letters這幾個字母 are the initials of是縮寫 Joseph Cyril BamfordJoseph Cyril Bamford, who started the company創辦這家公司的人。

You will hear this far more in British English than in American English, where people say backhoe or excavator.

You你 will hear this far more會更常聽到這個字 in British English在英式英文裡 than in American English比在美式英文裡, where people say美式英文人們會說 backhoe or excavatorbackhoe或excavator。

On a Taiwan building site the machine is real enough, but people here do not usually call it a JCB in Chinese; they have their own everyday names, and JCB is one British maker among others.

On a Taiwan building site在台灣的工地 the machine is real enough這種機器當然是真實存在的, but people here do not usually call it a JCB in Chinese但這裡的人通常不會用中文叫它JCB; they have their own everyday names他們有自己日常的說法, and JCB is one British maker among others而JCB只是眾多英國廠牌之一。