单词	pad
释义	noun | verb padpad1 /pæd/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] Etymology ETYMOLOGYpad1 Origin: 1500-1600 Perhaps from Low German, bottom surface of the foot Collocations COLLOCATIONS► knee/elbow/shoulder pad (=a pad sewn into someone’s clothes to protect their knee, elbow, etc. or make them look bigger) ► a note/message/sketch pad  simple drawings on a sketch pad 1SOFT MATERIAL something made of or filled with soft material that is used to protect something, clean something, or make something more comfortable:  Clean the wound with a cotton pad. I had to sleep on a foam pad on the floor.knee/elbow/shoulder pad (=a pad sewn into someone’s clothes to protect their knee, elbow, etc. or make them look bigger)2PAPER many sheets of paper fastened together, used for writing letters, drawing pictures, etc.: pad of a pad of papera note/message/sketch pad simple drawings on a sketch pad3FOR WOMEN a piece of soft material that a woman puts in her underwear during her period to take up the blood SYN sanitary napkin4HOME old-fashioned a house, room, or apartment where someone lives:  a bachelor pad5ANIMAL'S FOOT science, biology the flesh on the bottom of the foot of a cat, dog, etc.6FOR INK a piece of material that has been made wet with ink and is used for covering a stamp with ink SYN ink pad7WATER PLANT science, biology the large floating leaf of some water plants such as the water lily:  a lily pad8a launch pad9a helicopter pad noun | verb padpad2 verb (padded, padding) Etymology ETYMOLOGYpad2 Origin: (1) 1500-1600 Low German padden to go along a path (2-4) 1800-1900 ➔ PAD1 Verb Table VERB TABLE pad Simple Form Present I, you, we, they pad he, she, it pads Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they padded Present perfect I, you, we, they have padded he, she, it has padded Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had padded Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will pad Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have padded Continuous Form Present I am padding he, she, it is padding you, we, they are padding Past I, he, she, it was padding you, we, they were padding Present perfect I, you, we, they have been padding he, she, it has been padding Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been padding Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be padding Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been padding 1[intransitive always + adv./prep.] to walk softly and quietly:  The cat padded silently across the room.2[transitive] to protect something, make it more comfortable, or change its shape by covering or filling it with soft material: pad something with something The jacket is padded with a soft cotton filling.3[transitive] (also pad something ↔ out) to make a speech or piece of writing longer, by adding unnecessary words or details: pad something (out) with something His autobiography is padded with boring anecdotes.4[transitive] to dishonestly make bills more expensive than they should be:  They realized their lawyer was padding the court fees.5[transitive] to add to your points in a game that you are already winning:  The A’s padded their lead with two more runs.
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