pad

名词 pad:

1. a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
   同义词：pad of paper, tablet
2. the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily)
3. a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp
   同义词：inkpad, inking pad, stamp pad
4. a usually thin flat mass of padding
5. a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
   同义词：launching pad, launchpad, launch pad, launch area
6. temporary living quarters
   同义词：diggings, digs, domiciliation, lodgings
7. the foot or fleshy cushion-like underside of the toes of an animal

动词 pad:

1. add details to
   同义词：embroider, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
2. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
   同义词：slog, footslog, plod, trudge, tramp
3. line or stuff with soft material
   同义词：fill out
4. add padding to
   同义词：bolster

1. I made my speech longer by padding it with a few jokes.
   我插进了几则笑话，把我的讲话拉长了。
2. He jotted down a note on the pad by the telephone.
   他在电话机旁的便笺本草草记下一个通知。
3. The nurse put a clean pad of cotton over his wound.
   护士在他的伤口上敷了一块干净的纱布垫。

pad

n.（名词）
A thin, cushionlike mass of soft material used to fill, to give shape, or to protect against jarring, scraping, or other injury.
护垫，衬：薄的、象靠垫一样的柔软材料，用来填装、定形或防止挤压、刮擦或其它伤害
A flexible saddle without a frame.
鞍褥：一种没框架的柔韧的鞍形物
An ink-soaked cushion used to ink a rubber stamp.
打印台，印泥：用来涂墨水于橡皮印章的吸满墨水的软垫
A number of sheets of paper of the same size stacked one on top of the other and glued together at one end; a tablet.
拍纸簿：一些依次叠放起来并在一端粘住的大小相等的纸；便笺簿
The broad, floating leaf of an aquatic plant such as the water lily.
浮叶，叶枕：水生植物漂浮的宽叶子，如睡莲

The cushionlike flesh on the underpart of the toes and feet of many animals.
趾肉：许多动物的脚趾和脚下面的象垫子状的肉
The foot of such an animal.
脚：这种动物的脚
The fleshy underside of the end of a finger or toe.
肉垫：手指或脚趾末端多肉的下侧

A launch pad.
发射台
A helipad.
直升飞机起降台
A keypad.
键盘
Slang One`s apartment or room.
【俚语】 公寓，卧室：某人的公寓或房间
v.tr.（及物动词）
pad.ded,pad.ding,pads
To line or stuff with soft material.
垫以软物：用柔软的材料作衬或填塞
To lengthen (something written or spoken) with extraneous material:
加长，添油加醋：用无关紧要的材料加长（书面或口头东西）：
例句：
pad a résumé; pad an expense account.
加长个人简历；虚报开支

<习惯用语>on the pad【俚语】
Taking bribes.
受贿
来源：
Origin unknown
语源未知

【引伸】
pad.less
adj.（形容词）

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pad
pad 2

v.（动词）
pad.ded,pad.ding,pads
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To go about on foot.
步行：到处走走
To move or walk about almost inaudibly.
放松脚步走：几乎没有声响地移动或走
v.tr.（及物动词）
To go along (a route) on foot:
沿途步行：
例句：
padding the long road into town.
沿着很长的路步行去镇上

n.（名词）
A muffled sound resembling that of soft footsteps.
低沉声音：象柔柔的脚步声的低沉的声音
A horse with a plodding gait.
带着沉重脚步的马

来源：
[Probably of Low German origin] ; akin to akin to path
[可能源自低地德语] ；类似于 类似于 path

【引伸】
pad.der
n.（名词）