pad
n
1 thick piece of soft material used to protect sth from rubbing, jarring or blows, to improve the shape or increase the size of sth, or to absorb liquid 墊料; 墊塊
put a pad of cotton wool and gauze over a wound 在傷口上敷脫脂棉和紗布
`shoulder pads, ie to give shape to a jacket or dress 墊肩(衣服的).
2 (usu pl 通常作復數) piece of flexible padded material worn in certain sports (esp cricket) to protect the legs and ankles (在某些運動中保護脛和踝的)護墊(尤指板球運動用的)
`shin pads, ie worn by footballers, etc to protect the shins 護腿(足球運動員的). =>illus at cricket見cricket插圖.
3 number of sheets of writing-paper or drawing-paper fastened together at one edge 便箋本; 拍紙簿: a `writing pad 拍紙簿.
4 = `ink-pad.
5 soft fleshy under-part of the foot of certain animals, eg dogs, foxes (某些動物的)肉趾(如狗、 狐的).
6 flat surface from which spacecraft are launched or helicopters take off 航天器發射臺; 直升飛機升降處
a `launching pad 發射臺.
7 (sl 俚) place where sb lives 住處
Come back to my pad. 回到我的住處.
pad v (-dd-)
1 [Tn esp passive 尤用於被動語態]
fill or cover (sth) with soft material, esp in order to protect it or give it a particular shape or increase its size 用軟物填塞、 覆蓋、 墊或襯(某物)
a padded envelope, ie for sending fragile objects in 有墊料夾層的封套(用以郵寄易碎物品)
a jacket with padded shoulders 帶墊肩的外衣
a padded bra, ie one worn to make the breasts appear larger 帶襯墊的乳罩.
2 (phr v) pad sth out
(a) put soft material into (a garment) in order to give it a particular shape 給(衣服)襯軟物使成形
pad out the shoulders of a jacket to make them look square 給外衣襯上墊肩顯得挺括.
(b) make (a book, an essay, a speech, etc) longer by adding unnecessary material (用空話)拉長, 充斥(書、 文章、 講話等)
I padded out my answer with plenty of quotations. 我用了大量引文把答案拉長.
pad v (-dd-) (phr v) pad about, along, around, etc walk in the specified direction with a soft steady sound of steps 放輕腳步走
The dog padded along next to its owner. 那狗跟在主人身旁輕輕地走著.
pad about the house in one's slippers 穿著拖鞋在家中輕輕走來走去.
?? 考研助記
旗幟(p)壞掉(bad)后只能用作 襯墊 網友:yqy補充: 把你的pda放到墊子(pad)上
?? 擴展釋義
*[p?d]n. 填補, 襯墊, 印色盒, 路vt. 填補, 走, 夸大vi. 步行【計】 焊接點; 包裝配/拆卸【醫】 墊, 托相關詞組: pad it pad the hoof