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- a short pole with a broad blade at one or both ends, used without a rowlock to move a small boat or canoe through the water短桨; 桨。
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- an act of using a paddle in a boat划桨：
a gentle paddle on sluggish water.
在缓缓流水中轻轻地划桨。
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- a short-handled bat used in various ball games, especially table tennis（尤指乒乓球的）球拍。
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- a paddle-shaped instrument used for mixing food, or stirring or mixing in industrial processes扁平搅拌棒; 搅拌桨, 叶片。
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- N. Amer. informal a paddle-shaped instrument used for administering corporal punishment〈北美, 非正式〉扁条刑杖。
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- each of the boards fitted round the circumference of a paddle wheel or mill wheel轮叶。
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- a flat array of solar cells projecting from a spacecraft（飞船上伸出的）太阳能电池板。
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- the fin or flipper of an aquatic mammal or bird鳍状前肢。
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- Medicine a plastic-covered electrode used in cardiac stimulation【医】（心脏起搏用的）电极棒。
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- short for
BIDDING PADDLE .BIDDING PADDLE 的简称。
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- no obj., with adverbial of direction move through the water in a boat using a paddle or paddles划桨行进：
he paddled along the coast.
他沿着海岸划着。
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- with obj. propel (a small boat or canoe) with a paddle or paddles用桨划（小船, 独木舟）：
he was teaching trainees to paddle canoes.
他正在教受训者划独木舟。
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- with obj. travel along (a stretch of water) using such a method在…上划船：
a legal right to paddle Scottish rivers.
在苏格兰河流上划船的合法权利。
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- (of bird or other animal) swim with short fast strokes（鸟类或其他动物）游水：
the swan paddled away.
天鹅游走了。
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- with obj. informal, chiefly N. Amer. beat (someone) with a paddle as a punishment〈非正式, 主北美〉（用刑杖）鞭打：
ask the mother if she minds the offspring getting paddled from time to time.
问问那位母亲是否在乎孩子们不时地挨打受罚。
短语
paddle one's own canoe
- informal be independent and self-sufficient〈非正式〉靠自己的力量, 自力更生。
派生词
paddler
noun词源
late Middle English （denoting a small spade-like implement）： of unknown origin. Current senses date from the 17th cent.
no obj.
1- walk with bare feet in shallow water在浅水中赤脚行走：
the children paddled at the water's edge.
孩子们赤着脚在水边走。
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- dabble the feet or hands in water（用脚或手）玩水：
Peter paddled idly in the water with his fingers.
彼得无聊地用手指嬉水。
派生词
paddler
noun词源
mid 16th cent.: of obscure origin; compare with Low German paddeln 'tramp about'; the association with water remains unexplained.