| 释义 |
pad1/pæd/ n. & v.●n. 1 a piece of soft material used to reduce friction or jarring, fill out hollows, hold or absorb liquid, etc. 衬垫；填料；缓冲物 2 a number of sheets of blank paper fastened together at one edge, for writing or drawing on 拍纸簿 3 = INK-PAD 4 the fleshy underpart of an animal's foot or of a human finger (动物的)爪垫；(人的)指肚 5 a guard for the leg and ankle in sports (运动员用的)护膝；护腕；护垫 6 a flat surface for helicopter take-off or rocket-launching (直升飞机的)起落坪；(火箭的)发射台 7 colloq. a lodging, esp. a bedsitter or flat [口]住处；(尤指)房间，公寓 8 the floating leaf of a water lily (睡莲的)浮叶，叶枕 ●v. tr. (padded, padding) 1 provide with a pad or padding; stuff 填塞，装填；提供衬垫 2 (foll. by 后跟 out) lengthen or fill out (a book etc.) with unnecessary material (用不必要的内容)拉长，扩充(书等的内容) [probably of Low German or Dutch origin] |