Pad

[pæd]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger.

(noun.) a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort.

(noun.) a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp.

(noun.) the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily).

(noun.) a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.

(verb.) add padding to; 'pad the seat of the chair'.

(verb.) line or stuff with soft material; 'pad a bra'.

克莉丝汀編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A footpath; a road.

(n.) An easy-paced horse; a padnag.

(n.) A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad.

(n.) The act of robbing on the highway.

(v. t.) To travel upon foot; to tread.

(v. i.) To travel heavily or slowly.

(v. i.) To rob on foot.

(v. i.) To wear a path by walking.

(n.) A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing.

(n.) A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting; esp., one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper, or layers of blotting paper; a block of paper.

(n.) A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.

(n.) A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.

(n.) A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals.

(n.) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.

(n.) A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.

(n.) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.

(n.) A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles.

(v. t.) To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.

(v. t.) To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth.

錄入:皮埃尔

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Cushion.[2]. Horse (for the saddle), saddle-horse.

錄入:文斯

解釋/意思:

n. anything stuffed with a soft material to prevent friction or pressure or for filling out: a soft saddle cushion &c.: a number of sheets of paper or other soft material fastened together for writing upon: the fleshy thick-skinned under-surface of the toes of many animals as the fox: a fox's foot generally: the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant: (pl.) thick watered ribbon for watch-guards.—v.t. to stuff with anything soft: to fix colours in cloth:—pr.p. pad′ding; pa.t. and pa.p. pad′ded.—ns. Pad′-cloth a cloth covering a horse's loins; Pad′der one who pads or cushions; Pad′ding the soft stuffing of a saddle &c.: matter of less value introduced into a book or article in order to make it of the length desired: the process of mordanting a fabric; Pad′-el′ephant a working elephant distinguished from a war or hunting one; Pad′-sadd′le a treeless padded saddle; Pad′-tree the wooden or metal frame to which harness-pads are attached.

n. a thief on the high-road (more commonly Footpad): (abbrev. from pad-horse) a horse for riding on the road: an easy-paced horse.—v.i. to walk on foot: to trudge along: to rob on foot:—pr.p. pad′ding; pa.t. and pa.p. pad′ded.—adj. Pad′-clink′ing keeping company with thieves.—n. Pad′ding-ken a low lodging-house inhabited by thieves.—Stand pad to beg by the roadside.

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