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pad1 /pæd/ S3 noun [countableC]

soft material 柔软的材料TD a thick flat object made of cloth or rubber, used to protect or clean something, or to make something more comfortable 垫，衬垫；护垫

pad of

Press on the wound with a large pad of cotton wool.

用大块药棉按住伤口。

Use an abrasive pad for stubborn stains.

用百洁布擦洗顽固污渍。

knee/elbow/shin/shoulder pad (=a pad that you wear to protect a part of your body when you are playing a sport) 护膝/护肘/护胫/护肩

→5 see picture at 见图 sport1

2 paper 纸TCNWRITE several sheets of paper fastened together, used for writing or drawing 便笺本，拍纸簿

writing/sketch/memo/legal etc pad

a box of paints and a sketch pad

一盒颜料和一本速写本

Keep a telephone pad and a pen to hand.

手边准备一本电话记事簿和一支笔。

a pad of paper

一本拍纸簿

3 flat ground 平地 a piece of flat ground where small aircraft can land 小型停机坪

launch/landing/helicopter pad

The hospital has built a helicopter pad.

那家医院建了一块直升机停机坪。

4. animal’s foot 动物的足HBA the flesh on the bottom of the foot of a cat, dog etc 〔猫、狗等动物的〕肉掌，爪垫

5. apartment 公寓 old-fashioned informalDHHOME someone’s apartment or the room where they live 公寓；房间

6. water plant 水生植物HBP the leaf of a water lily 〔睡莲的〕浮叶

→ launch pad, helicopter pad

Examples from the Corpus

pad• a bachelor pad• Changing the subject slightly the brake pads and linings are showing no signs of any wear after over 24,000 miles.• Cover the wound with a cotton pad.• Each pad has an identifying number, and each check is numbered consecutively.• Though the night was cold, I had a foam pad, a blanket and a down bag.• I had to sleep on a foam pad on the floor.• He picked up his pad from beside the chair.• a lily pad• The combination of pad, mobile launcher and flame trench was cooled with a water deluge system.• His knapsack and sketch pad and sleeping bag lay on the floor, candy wrappers scattered around them.• The Boots range also includes specially designed briefs, some of which are ideal for use with Staydry pads.• Wipe the pad over the surface until the wood starts to shine.• He fanned the coals with the pad till the ashes rose up the chimney and the flames jumped.

knee/elbow/shin/shoulder pad• Among the items scientists have unearthed are four-inch clay figurines depicting men wearing hip and shoulder pads.• Another time it was a blond streak and shoulder pads.• Gardener's knee pads are a good idea: kneeling on joists can be very uncomfortable.• Cut two little strips to decorate the front of the shoulder pads and press on.

writing/sketch/memo/legal etc pad• Police sources revealed earlier that the three-page ransom note had been handwritten on paper from a legal pad found in the home.• Instead, he pulls a legal pad and a calendar from his briefcase and heads for the phone.• Then he got pen and writing pad and sat at the table.• Susan was already off the window scat, looking for a place to tuck her sketch pad.• Topping the heap at 36K is Memo Pad which gives you a scratchpad facility.• Now it's Dominic who hovers selfconsciously, scribbling busily on a yellow legal pad.

launch/landing/helicopter pad• Here the air-lock doors of a cargo bay; there a communications nacelle, a launch pad, a service hatch.• Each of the Apollo launch pads was 0.65 square kilometres in size and constructed of heavily reinforced concrete.• Neighbours, the show that was her launch pad, might have to be jettisoned.• But there are signs that the protest may be the launch pad for a powerful and broadly based opposition.• The fully fuelled Saturn V sitting on the launch pad had a total mass some 56 times that of the Apollo spacecraft.• He walked past the helicopter pad and along a sandy road that led toward the church spires.• Such excerpts are important because they provide a highly visible launching pad.

Related topics: Daily life

pad2 verb (padded, padding)

1 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]WALK to walk softly and quietly 轻轻地走，放轻脚步走

pad across/through/along etc

The cat came padding silently back to its home.

那只猫悄无声息地回家来了。

She padded barefoot down the stairs.

她光着脚轻轻地下了楼。

► see thesaurus at walk

2 D[transitiveT] (also pad (something) out British EnglishBrE) to fill or cover something with a soft material in order to protect it or make it more comfortable 给（某物）装衬垫；用软物覆盖（某物）

pad something with something

jackets padded out with a soft cotton filling

带柔软夹棉层的外套

3 [transitiveT] American EnglishAmEBTRICK/DECEIVE to dishonestly make bills more expensive than they should be 虚报，夸大〔账目〕

padding the bills of Medicare patients

虚报医疗保险病人的账目

4 [transitiveT] (also pad (something) out) to make a speech or piece of writing longer by adding unnecessary words or details 〔用多余的话或细节〕拉长〔演讲、文章等〕，扩充〔某物〕的篇幅

Don’t pad out your answer to make it seem impressive.

不要夸夸其谈，显得你的回答很高明似的。

pad with

His autobiography is padded with boring anecdotes.

他的自传因为加了不少无聊的轶事而拉长了篇幅。

Examples from the Corpus

pad• Unless I see at least a hint of contour, I assume a crotch has been padded.• Rhoda padded across the hall into her sister's room.• His hunched figure padded across to the desk in the bay and Swod gestured for the police officer to sit down.• Michelle got out of bed, and padded across to the window.• For the movie, he has to pad his body to make himself look 25 pounds heavier.• His first instinct was to pad on back to his room.• The last chapter is padded out with an extract from an earlier report.• Don't pad out your answer to make it seem impressive.• The cat came padding softly across the kitchen floor, and jumped onto my lap.• They realized their lawyer was padding the court fees.• The A's padded their lead with two more runs.• He padded them out with a torn sheet from sick bay to stop them making any noise.• They are all padded with foam or sponge.

pad across/through/along etc• On the right and the left of my track, padding along in parallel silence were bears.• She might under some circumstances be submissive, like these dreary girls you see padding along in the moccasin tracks of hippies.• Nigel in his best jeans and sneakers padded along like a puma.• He padded across the floor and under the huge tarpaulin where Jekub lived.• Polly got out of bed and padded across the room towards it.• We padded through those quiet, leafy roads in utter silence.• His hunched figure padded across to the desk in the bay and Swod gestured for the police officer to sit down.• There was complete silence as we padded through two more streets with walls so bitten away that they looked like lace.

From Longman Business Dictionary

padpad /pæd/ noun [countableC]OFFICE

several sheets of paper fastened together, used for making notes

Always have a pad and pen next to your telephone.

→ legal pad

Origin pad1

(1500-1600) Perhaps from Low German, “bottom surface of the foot”

pad2

1. (1500-1600) Low German padden “to go along a path”

2. (1800-1900) → PAD1

单词	pad
释义	pad Word family nounpadderpaddingpadded cellpadsawpad Related topics: Technology, Daily life, Animals, Household pad1 /pæd/ ●●○ S3 noun [countableC] 1 soft material 柔软的材料TD a thick flat object made of cloth or rubber, used to protect or clean something, or to make something more comfortable 垫，衬垫；护垫 pad of Press on the wound with a large pad of cotton wool. 用大块药棉按住伤口。 Use an abrasive pad for stubborn stains. 用百洁布擦洗顽固污渍。 knee/elbow/shin/shoulder pad (=a pad that you wear to protect a part of your body when you are playing a sport) 护膝/护肘/护胫/护肩 →5 see picture at 见图 sport1 2 paper 纸TCNWRITE several sheets of paper fastened together, used for writing or drawing 便笺本，拍纸簿 writing/sketch/memo/legal etc pad a box of paints and a sketch pad 一盒颜料和一本速写本 Keep a telephone pad and a pen to hand. 手边准备一本电话记事簿和一支笔。 a pad of paper 一本拍纸簿 3 flat ground 平地 a piece of flat ground where small aircraft can land 小型停机坪 launch/landing/helicopter pad The hospital has built a helicopter pad. 那家医院建了一块直升机停机坪。 4. animal’s foot 动物的足HBA the flesh on the bottom of the foot of a cat, dog etc 〔猫、狗等动物的〕肉掌，爪垫 5. apartment 公寓 old-fashioned informalDHHOME someone’s apartment or the room where they live 公寓；房间 6. water plant 水生植物HBP the leaf of a water lily 〔睡莲的〕浮叶 → launch pad, helicopter pad Examples from the Corpus pad• a bachelor pad• Changing the subject slightly the brake pads and linings are showing no signs of any wear after over 24,000 miles.• Cover the wound with a cotton pad.• Each pad has an identifying number, and each check is numbered consecutively.• Though the night was cold, I had a foam pad, a blanket and a down bag.• I had to sleep on a foam pad on the floor.• He picked up his pad from beside the chair.• a lily pad• The combination of pad, mobile launcher and flame trench was cooled with a water deluge system.• His knapsack and sketch pad and sleeping bag lay on the floor, candy wrappers scattered around them.• The Boots range also includes specially designed briefs, some of which are ideal for use with Staydry pads.• Wipe the pad over the surface until the wood starts to shine.• He fanned the coals with the pad till the ashes rose up the chimney and the flames jumped. knee/elbow/shin/shoulder pad• Among the items scientists have unearthed are four-inch clay figurines depicting men wearing hip and shoulder pads.• Another time it was a blond streak and shoulder pads.• Gardener's knee pads are a good idea: kneeling on joists can be very uncomfortable.• Cut two little strips to decorate the front of the shoulder pads and press on. writing/sketch/memo/legal etc pad• Police sources revealed earlier that the three-page ransom note had been handwritten on paper from a legal pad found in the home.• Instead, he pulls a legal pad and a calendar from his briefcase and heads for the phone.• Then he got pen and writing pad and sat at the table.• Susan was already off the window scat, looking for a place to tuck her sketch pad.• Topping the heap at 36K is Memo Pad which gives you a scratchpad facility.• Now it's Dominic who hovers selfconsciously, scribbling busily on a yellow legal pad. launch/landing/helicopter pad• Here the air-lock doors of a cargo bay; there a communications nacelle, a launch pad, a service hatch.• Each of the Apollo launch pads was 0.65 square kilometres in size and constructed of heavily reinforced concrete.• Neighbours, the show that was her launch pad, might have to be jettisoned.• But there are signs that the protest may be the launch pad for a powerful and broadly based opposition.• The fully fuelled Saturn V sitting on the launch pad had a total mass some 56 times that of the Apollo spacecraft.• He walked past the helicopter pad and along a sandy road that led toward the church spires.• Such excerpts are important because they provide a highly visible launching pad. Related topics: Daily life pad2 verb (padded, padding) 1 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]WALK to walk softly and quietly 轻轻地走，放轻脚步走 pad across/through/along etc The cat came padding silently back to its home. 那只猫悄无声息地回家来了。 She padded barefoot down the stairs. 她光着脚轻轻地下了楼。 ► see thesaurus at walk 2 D[transitiveT] (also pad (something) out British EnglishBrE) to fill or cover something with a soft material in order to protect it or make it more comfortable 给（某物）装衬垫；用软物覆盖（某物） pad something with something jackets padded out with a soft cotton filling 带柔软夹棉层的外套 3 [transitiveT] American EnglishAmEBTRICK/DECEIVE to dishonestly make bills more expensive than they should be 虚报，夸大〔账目〕 padding the bills of Medicare patients 虚报医疗保险病人的账目 4 [transitiveT] (also pad (something) out) to make a speech or piece of writing longer by adding unnecessary words or details 〔用多余的话或细节〕拉长〔演讲、文章等〕，扩充〔某物〕的篇幅 Don’t pad out your answer to make it seem impressive. 不要夸夸其谈，显得你的回答很高明似的。 pad with His autobiography is padded with boring anecdotes. 他的自传因为加了不少无聊的轶事而拉长了篇幅。 Examples from the Corpus pad• Unless I see at least a hint of contour, I assume a crotch has been padded.• Rhoda padded across the hall into her sister's room.• His hunched figure padded across to the desk in the bay and Swod gestured for the police officer to sit down.• Michelle got out of bed, and padded across to the window.• For the movie, he has to pad his body to make himself look 25 pounds heavier.• His first instinct was to pad on back to his room.• The last chapter is padded out with an extract from an earlier report.• Don't pad out your answer to make it seem impressive.• The cat came padding softly across the kitchen floor, and jumped onto my lap.• They realized their lawyer was padding the court fees.• The A's padded their lead with two more runs.• He padded them out with a torn sheet from sick bay to stop them making any noise.• They are all padded with foam or sponge. pad across/through/along etc• On the right and the left of my track, padding along in parallel silence were bears.• She might under some circumstances be submissive, like these dreary girls you see padding along in the moccasin tracks of hippies.• Nigel in his best jeans and sneakers padded along like a puma.• He padded across the floor and under the huge tarpaulin where Jekub lived.• Polly got out of bed and padded across the room towards it.• We padded through those quiet, leafy roads in utter silence.• His hunched figure padded across to the desk in the bay and Swod gestured for the police officer to sit down.• There was complete silence as we padded through two more streets with walls so bitten away that they looked like lace. From Longman Business Dictionary padpad /pæd/ noun [countableC]OFFICE several sheets of paper fastened together, used for making notes Always have a pad and pen next to your telephone. → legal pad Origin pad1 (1500-1600) Perhaps from Low German, “bottom surface of the foot” pad2 1. (1500-1600) Low German padden “to go along a path” 2. (1800-1900) → PAD1
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