noun
hydraulic excavator; power shovel; digger
Refers to heavy construction machinery with a hydraulic arm and bucket, commonly called a digger or excavator.
工事現場で油圧ショベルが土を掘っている。
A hydraulic excavator is digging earth at the construction site.
油圧ショベルの免許を取るために教習所に通った。
I attended a training center to get a license for operating a hydraulic excavator.