廚房裡的那一片
這是大多數人最先遇到的那片頭，也是其他用法的參考點。
noun · B1
A kitchen tool with a wide, flat blade fixed to a handle. You use it to lift and turn food while it cooks, to spread something soft out flat, or to scrape a soft mixture out of a bowl.
鍋鏟；抹刀；刮刀
核心畫面
Hold one picture and the whole word follows: a thin flat blade on the end of a handle. The blade is what does the work. It slides underneath something to lift it, it drags across something to spread it, and it wipes along a surface to it clean. Change the size of that blade and you change the room you are standing in, but never the job.
這個字可以想成一個畫面：一根握把，前面接著一片薄薄平平的頭。做事的就是那片頭。它可以伸到東西底下把東西托起來，可以橫…更多收起
這個字可以想成一個畫面：一根握把，前面接著一片薄薄平平的頭。做事的就是那片頭。它可以伸到東西底下把東西托起來，可以橫著拖過去把東西抹平，也可以貼著面刮過去把東西刮乾淨。把那片頭放大縮小，你就從廚房走到實驗室、再走到診間，但它做的事一直沒變。From the word’s history
Borrowed from Latin spatula, a flat piece, the small form of spatha, a broad or flat tool, and before that from Ancient Greek spathe, a broad blade of wood or metal. The word has meant a flat blade the whole way down.
借自拉丁文 spatula，意思是「一片扁平的東西」，它是 spatha（寬扁的工具）的小稱形，再往上來自古希臘文 σπάθη，指寬扁的木片或金屬片。也就是說，這個字從頭到尾指的都是「一片扁扁的東西」。
Wiktionary entry for spatula, supplied in this evidence packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:764318258)
Two branches
同一片頭換到專業的手上
同一片薄薄的頭，尺寸縮小、要求變高，就從廚房走進實驗室和診間。
noun · C1
A small, thin tool with a flat end, used in a laboratory to pick up and move small amounts of powder or other chemicals, for example when weighing them.
藥匙；實驗用刮勺