- Nautical A wooden implement having a blade at one end or sometimes at both ends, used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat.【航海】 宽叶短桨：一端有扁平的叶片或者有时两端都有叶片的一种木制工具，使用这种工具不用桨架就可以推动船或小舟
- Any of various implements resembling the paddle of a boat or canoe, as:桨状物：一种类似船或小舟的桨的工具，如：
- An iron tool for stirring molten ore in a furnace.搅拌金矿的铁器：在熔炉中搅拌融化矿石的一种铁具
- A tool with a shovellike blade used to mix materials in glassmaking.类似铁铲的工具：带有铁锹状刀片的一种工具，用来混合制造玻璃的材料
- A potter's pallet.抹子：陶工的木抹子
- A narrow board used to beat clothes in laundering by hand.洗衣板：洗衣服时用来击打衣服的一块狭窄的木板
- A flattened board used to administer physical punishment.扁板：实行体罚时用的一块扁平的木板
- Sports A light wooden racket used in playing table tennis.【体育运动】 乒乓球拍：打乒乓球用的一种轻的木制球拍
- A board on a paddle wheel.明轮翼：螺旋桨上的宽阔叶板
- A flipper or flattened appendage of certain animals.桡足：某些动物身上的鳍状肢或扁平附肢
- The act of paddling.划桨：划桨的动作
- Nautical 【航海】
- To propel a watercraft with paddles or a paddle.以浆划动：用桨推动船只
- To row slowly and gently.荡桨：慢悠舒服地划桨
- To move through water by means of repeated short strokes of the limbs.划浆：用四肢重复的短划通过水域
- Nautical 【航海】
- To propel (a watercraft) with paddles or a paddle.用浆划动：用船桨推动（船只）
- To convey in a watercraft propelled by paddles.搬运，运输：在用船桨推动的船只内输送
- To spank with a paddle, especially as a punishment.拍打：用木板打，尤指作为一种惩罚
- To stir or shape (material) with a paddle.搅拌：用木板搅拌或定形
- Middle English padell [implement used for cleaning a plowshare] 中古英语 padell [用于清理犁头的工具]
- perhaps from Medieval Latin padela 可能源自 中世纪拉丁语 padela
paddle
- To dabble about in shallow water; splash gently with the hands or feet.玩水：在浅水里玩水；用水或脚轻轻溅泼水
- To move with a waddling motion; toddle.摇摇晃晃地走：趔趔趄趄地移动，移动；蹒跚
- [Perhaps of Low German origin] [可能源于低地德语]