英语词汇“wad”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

wadwad1 /wɑd/ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYwad¹

Origin: 1500-1600 Perhaps from Dutch watte or French ouate wadding

1a thick pile of paper or pieces of thin material: a wad of dollar bills2a thick soft mass of material that has been pressed together: a wad of bubble gum3spend/blow your wad (on something) informal to spend all your money on something → see also shoot your wad at shoot1 (23), tightwad

noun | verb

wadwad2 verb

VERB TABLE

wad

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	wad
	he, she, it	wads
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	wadded
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have wadded
	he, she, it	has wadded
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had wadded
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will wad
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have wadded

Continuous Form
Present	I	am wadding
	he, she, it	is wadding
	you, we, they	are wadding
Past	I, he, she, it	was wadding
	you, we, they	were wadding
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been wadding
	he, she, it	has been wadding
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been wadding
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be wadding
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been wadding

wad something ↔ up phrasal verb to press something such as a piece of paper or cloth into a small tight ball