| 单词 | to pad the road |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pad the road a. transitive. To travel along (a path, road, etc.) on foot. Now only in to pad the road: (chiefly Scottish and Irish English) to take to the road, esp. in search of work; to go travelling or wandering. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > traverse on foot [verb (transitive)] treadOE walka1400 overwalk1533 pad1553 stroll1693 cruise1948 1553 J. Bradford Let. 19 Nov. in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 281 Other your brothers & sisters pad the same path. 1727 W. Somerville Fables xiv. ii Two Toasts with all their Trinkets gone, Padding the Streets for Half-a-Crown. 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 108 Since, wi' foolish thoughtless geats, I've brought mysel' to ruin's gates, I'll pad the road mysel'. 1891 J. Leatham Anc. Hind 8 Ye can get some ither body's job, an' he can tak your place at paddin' the streets. 1914 G. Greig Folk-songs cxxxviii The harvest hands wi' bundles big They now must pad the road. 1929 P. O'Donnell Adrigoole 45 Paddin' the road with Dannie and Hughie'd be the life of ye. < as lemmas |
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