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Pad Soft Padded Material Piece Make Protect Paper

This flashcard defines "pad" with multiple meanings: a soft object for protection/cleaning/comfort, a notebook, the action of walking quietly, a landing area for aircraft, the soft part of an animal's foot, and informally, a living space.

The flashcard defines "pad" as a piece of soft material used for protection, cleaning, or comfort, and also as a block of paper for writing. Additionally, it means to walk with quiet steps or to add soft material to something. It can also refer to a launch or landing area for aircraft or rockets, the soft part of an animal's foot, or informally, a person's home or apartment.

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]垫子;衬垫;护垫 A pad is a fairly thick, flat piece of a material such as cloth or rubber. Pads are used, for example, to clean things, to protect things, or to change their shape.
  • He withdrew the needle and placed a pad of cotton-wool over the spot.

    他把针头拔出,在扎针处按了一块药棉。

  • ...a scouring pad.

    百洁布

  • ...a flowered dress with shoulder pads.

    有肩垫的印花裙子

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]拍纸簿;便笺本 A pad of paper is a number of pieces of paper which are fixed together along the top or the side, so that each piece can be torn off when it has been used.
  • She wrote on a pad of paper...

    她写在了便笺簿上。

  • Have a pad and pencil ready and jot down some of your thoughts...

    准备好铅笔和便笺簿,把你的一些想法记下来。

  • 'Here's your ticket,' he said, and he tore it off the pad.

    “给你票,”他说着,从票本上把票撕了下来。

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[VERB 动词]轻步快速地走;蹑手蹑脚地走 When someone pads somewhere, they walk there with steps that are fairly quick, light, and quiet.
  [V prep/adv]
  [V n]
  • Freddy speaks very quietly and pads around in soft velvet slippers...

    弗蕾迪说话轻声细气,穿着柔软的天鹅绒拖鞋蹑手蹑脚地四处走动。

  • ...a dog padding through the streets...

    轻步快速穿过街道的狗

  • I often bumped into him as he padded the corridors.

    他在走廊里轻轻地走过时,我常常碰见他。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:
launch pad
直升机停机坪;火箭发射台 A pad is a platform or an area of flat, hard ground where helicopters take off and land or rockets are launched.
  • ...a little round helicopter pad.

    小型圆形直升机停机坪

  • ...a landing pad on the back of the ship...

    船尾的停机坪

  • Journalists report seeing a fire on the pad after the launch.

    记者们报道说在发射后看到发射台着火了。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]住处;(尤指)寓所,公寓 People can refer to the place where they live as their pad, especially if it is a flat.
  [usu sing]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
  • I moved on round the big house to reach my pad...

    我绕过大房子走向我的公寓。

  • It wouldn't have occurred to me to get myself a bachelor pad.

    否则我不会想到给自己找一套单身公寓。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]指头肚儿;(动物的)爪垫 The pads of a person's fingers and toes or of an animal's feet are the soft, fleshy parts of them.
  [usu pl]
  • Tap your cheeks all over with the pads of your fingers.

    用手指头肚儿轻拍脸颊一遍。

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[VERB 动词]给…加衬垫;垫衬 If you pad something, you put something soft in it or over it in order to make it less hard, to protect it, or to give it a different shape.
  [V n with n]
  [V n]
  • Pad the back of a car seat with a pillow...

    用枕头垫一下汽车坐椅靠背。

  • I can tell you I always padded my bras.

    我可以告诉你我的内衣一直装衬垫的。

padded
  • ...a padded jacket.

    夹袄

  • ...backrests padded with camel's wool.

    用骆驼绒填充的靠垫

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See also:
padding
    相关词组:
    pad out

    Oxford pad / pæd ; NAmE pæd /
    noun
    ,
    verb
    pad pads padded padding
    noun of soft material 软材料 1 a thick piece of soft material that is used, for example, for absorbing liquid, cleaning or protecting sth (吸收液体、保洁或保护用的)软垫,护垫,垫状物 medicated cleansing pads for sensitive skin 敏感皮肤药物清洗棉 sanitary pads (= that a woman uses during her period) 卫生棉垫 see also
    shoulder pad
    of paper 纸张 2 a number of pieces of paper for writing or drawing on, that are fastened together at one edge 便笺本;拍纸簿 a sketch/writing pad 速写╱拍纸簿 see also
    notepad
    ,
    scratch pad
    of animal's foot 动物的足 3 the soft part under the foot of a cat, dog, etc. 爪垫;肉掌 for cleaning 用于清洗 4 a small piece of rough material used for cleaning pans, surfaces, etc. 百洁布,菜瓜布(刷锅等的小块粗糙材料) a scouring pad 刷洗用的金属丝球 for spacecraft/helicopter 航天器;直升机 5 a flat surface where a spacecraftor a helicoptertakes off and lands 发射台;停机坪 see also
    helipad
    ,
    launch pad
    for protection 用于防护 6 [usually plural ] a piece of thick material that you wear in some sports, for example football and cricket,to protect your legs, elbows, etc. (运动用)防护垫(如护腿、护肘等) of water plants 水生植物 7 the large flat leaf of some water plants, especially the water lily 浮叶(尤见于睡莲) floating lily pads 睡莲的浮叶 flat/apartment 公寓 8 [usually singular ] ( old-fashioned, informal) the place where sb lives, especially a flat/apartment 住所;(尤指)公寓 see also
    ink-pad
    ,
    keypad
    verb ( -dd- ) add soft material 添加软材料 1 [transitive ,  often passive ] padsth (with sth) to put a layer of soft material in or on sth in order to protect it, make it thicker or change its shape (用软材料)填充,覆盖,保护 All the sharp corners were padded with foam. 所有的棱角都垫上了泡沫塑料。 a padded jacket 有夹层的外套 a padded envelope (= for sending delicate objects) 有垫料层的封套 walk quietly 轻步行走 2 [intransitive ] + adv./prep. to walk with quiet steps 蹑手蹑脚地走 She padded across the room to the window. 她蹑手蹑脚地穿过屋子走到窗前。 bills 账单 3 [transitive ] padsth ( NAmE) to dishonestly add items to bills to obtain more money 虚报(账目);做黑账 to pad bills/expense accounts 在账单上╱开支账上做手脚 PHRASAL VERB ˌpad sth↔ˈout 1 to put soft material into a piece of clothing in order to change its shape 给(衣服)加衬垫 2 to make sth such as an article, seem longer or more impressive by adding things that are unnecessary (用多余的话)延长(文章等);充篇幅 The report was padded out with extracts from previous documents. 该报告摘抄过去的文件而加长了篇幅。 pad / pæd ; NAmE pæd /
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    pad1 noun
    pad2 verb
    padpad1 /pæd/ ●●○ S3 noun [countable]
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    1pad (1)soft material a thick flat object made of cloth or rubber, used to protect or clean something, or to make something more comfortablepad of Press on the wound with a large pad of cotton wool. Use an abrasive pad for stubborn stains.knee/elbow/shin/shoulder pad (=a pad that you wear to protect a part of your body when you are playing a sport)2paper several sheets of paper fastened together, used for writing or drawingwriting/sketch/memo/legal etc pad a box of paints and a sketch pad Keep a telephone pad and a pen to hand. a pad of paper3flat ground a piece of flat ground where small aircraft can landlaunch/landing/helicopter pad The hospital has built a helicopter pad.4animal’s foot the flesh on the bottom of the foot of a cat, dog etc5apartment old-fashioned informal someone’s apartment or the room where they live6water plant the leaf of a water lily
    launch pad
    , helicopter pad
    pad1 noun
    pad2 verb
    padpad2 verb (past tense and past participle padded, present participle padding)
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    1[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to walk softly and quietlypad across/through/along etc The cat came padding silently back to its home. She padded barefoot down the stairs. see thesaurus at
    walk
    2[transitive] (also pad (something) out British English) to fill or cover something with a soft material in order to protect it or make it more comfortablepad something with something jackets padded out with a soft cotton filling3[transitive] American English to dishonestly make bills more expensive than they should be:  padding the bills of Medicare patients4[transitive] (also pad (something) out) to make a speech or piece of writing longer by adding unnecessary words or details:  Don’t pad out your answer to make it seem impressive.pad with His autobiography is padded with boring anecdotes.
    WDF

    pad

    [pæd]padded, padding, pads

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    padded[872] padding[743] pads[2427]
    发射台(48%),衬垫(25%),公寓(10%),填塞(5%),肉趾(3%),脚印(3%),轻轻走(2%),缓慢行走的马(1%),便签纸(1%),夸大(1%),低沉声音(1%)
    n.衬垫;护具;便笺簿;填补
    vi.步行;放轻脚步走
    vt.填补;走
    n.(Pad)人名;(英)帕德(男子教名 Patrick 的昵称)

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