paddle
n
1 [C] short oar with a broad blade at one end or both ends, used to move a canoe through the water 短槳, 雙葉槳(劃獨木舟的). =>illus at canoe 見canoe插圖.
2 [sing] act or period of paddling (paddle 1) 劃槳; 蕩槳.
3 [C] instrument shaped like a paddle, esp one used for beating, mixing or stirring food 槳形工具(尤指用於擊打、 混合或攪拌食物的). paddle, v [Ipr, Ip, Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
1
(a) move (a canoe) through the water using a paddle 用槳劃(獨木舟)
We paddled (the canoe) slowly upstream. 我們慢慢地劃著(獨木舟)逆流而上.
(b) row (a boat) with light easy strokes 輕輕地劃(船); 蕩槳.
2 (idm 習語) ,paddle one's ,own `canoe (infml 口) depend on oneself and no one else; be independent 自力更生; 獨立自主.
paddle v
1 [I, Ipr, Ip]
walk with bare feet in shallow water 戲水; 涉水
paddling (about) at the water's edge 在水邊 水玩. Cf 參看 wade.
2 [Tn] move (one's feet or hands) gently in water 用(腳或手)輕輕劃水或撥水
paddle one's toes in the water 用腳趾撩水玩. paddle, n [sing]
act or period of paddling 戲水; 涉水.