| 单词 | paddle |
| 释义 | paddle paddle1 —paddler, n. /pad"l/, n. , v. , paddled, paddling. n. 1. a short, flat bladed oar for propelling and steering a canoe or small boat, usually held by both hands and moved more or less through a vertical arc. 2. any of various similar implements used for mixing, stirring, or beating. 3. any of various similar but smaller implements with a short handle for holding in one hand and a wide or rounded blade, used for a racket in table tennis, paddle tennis, etc. 4. such an implement or a similarly shaped makeshift one, used to spank or beat someone. 5. an implement used for beating garments while washing them in running water, as in a stream. 6. Also called float, floatboard. a blade of a paddle wheel. 7. See paddle wheel. 8. any of the blades by which a water wheel is turned. 9. a flipper or limb of a penguin, turtle, whale, etc. 10. an act of paddling. 11. Also, pattle. Brit. Dial. a small spade with a long handle, used to dig up thistles. 12. (in a gate of a lock or sluice) a panel that slides to permit the passage of water. v.i. 13. to propel or travel in a canoe or the like by using a paddle. 14. to row lightly or gently with oars. 15. to move by means of paddle wheels, as a steamer. v.t. 16. to propel with a paddle: to paddle a canoe. 17. to spank or beat with or as with a paddle. 18. to stir, mix, or beat with or as with a paddle 19. to convey by paddling, as a canoe. 20. to hit (a table-tennis ball or the like) with a paddle. 21. paddle one's own canoe. See canoe (def. 3). [1375-1425; late ME padell (n.)] paddle2 —paddler, n. /pad"l/, v.i. , paddled, paddling. 1. to move the feet or hands playfully in shallow water; dabble. 2. to toy with the fingers. 3. to toddle. [1520-30; orig. uncert.] |
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