单词 | pad |
释义 | Word Frequency pad 1(pæd) noun 1. a thick piece of soft material used to make something comfortable, give it shape, or protect it 2. a guard made of flexible resilient material worn in various sports to protect parts of the body 3. Also called: stamp pad, ink pad a block of firm absorbent material soaked with ink for transferring to a rubber stamp 4. Also called: notepad, writing pad a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge 5. a flat piece of stiff material used to back a piece of blotting paper 6. a. the fleshy cushion-like underpart of the foot of a cat, dog, etc b. any of the parts constituting such a structure 7. any of various level surfaces or flat-topped structures, such as a launch pad 8. entomology a nontechnical name for pulvillus 9. the large flat floating leaf of the water lily 10. electronics a resistive attenuator network inserted in the path of a signal to reduce amplitude or to match one circuit to another 11. slang a person's residence 12. slang a bed or bedroom verbWord forms: pads, padding or padded (transitive) 13. to line, stuff, or fill out with soft material, esp in order to protect or give shape to 14. (often foll by out) to inflate with irrelevant or false information to pad out a story Word origin C16: origin uncertain; compare Low German pad sole of the footWord Frequency pad 2(pæd) verbWord forms: pads, padding or padded 1. (intr; often foll by along, up, etc) to walk with a soft or muffled tread 2. (when intr, often foll by around) to travel (a route) on foot, esp at a slow pace; tramp to pad around the country noun 3. a dull soft sound, esp of footsteps 4. archaic short for footpad 5. archaic or dialect a slow-paced horse; nag 6. Australian a path or track a cattle pad Word origin C16: perhaps from Middle Dutch paden, from pad path |
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