Paddle Water Short Flat Small English ˈpædl Paddled
The word "paddle" refers to a short pole used to row a boat, or the action of rowing a boat. It can also mean to walk or play in shallow water without shoes.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]桨;短桨 A paddle is a short pole with a wide flat part at one end or at both ends. You hold it in your hands and use it as an oar to move a small boat through water.
We might be able to push ourselves across with the paddle.
我们也许可以用桨把自己推过去。
...a piece of driftwood which he used as a paddle.
他用作桨使的一块浮木
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[VERB 动词]用桨划(船) If you paddle a boat, you move it through water using a paddle.
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...the skills you will use to paddle the canoe.
划独木舟要用到的技术
...paddling around the South Pacific in a kayak.
划着皮划子在南太平洋游弋
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[VERB 动词]玩水;涉水 If you paddle, you walk or stand in shallow water, for example at the edge of the sea, for pleasure.
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Wear sandals when you paddle.
玩水的时候穿上凉鞋。
...a lovely little stream that you can paddle in.
能够在其中戏水的美丽的小溪
Paddle is also a noun.
Ruth enjoyed her paddle.
露丝玩水玩得很开心。
Oxford
pad·dle/ˈpædl; NAmEˈpædl/
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paddlepaddlespaddledpaddlingnoun1[countable ]a short pole with a flat wide part at one or both ends, that you hold in both hands and use for moving a small boat, especially a canoe,through water 桨;船桨☞compare
oar
2[countable ]a tool or part of a machine shaped like a paddle,especially one used for mixing food (机具的)桨状部份;(尤指)食物搅拌器的桨叶3a paddle[singular ]( BrE) an act or period of walking in shallow water with no shoes or socks 蹚水;赤脚涉水◆Let's go for a paddle.咱们去玩水吧。☞see also
dog-paddle
4[countable ]( NAmE) a batused for playing table tennis乒乓球拍5[countable ]( NAmE) a piece of wood with a handle, used for hitting children as a punishment 戒尺(体罚儿童的工具)IDIOMsee
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verb1[intransitive , transitive ]to move a small boat through water using a paddle用桨划船(+ adv./prep.)◆We paddled downstream for about a mile.我们划船顺流而下约一英里。paddlesth (+ adv./prep.) ◆We paddled the canoe along the coast.我们划着独木舟沿海岸而行。2( BrE) (NAmEwade)[intransitive ]to walk or stand with no shoes or socks in shallow water in the sea, a lake, etc. 蹚水;赤足涉水◆The children have gone paddling.孩子们嬉水去了。3[intransitive ]to swim with short movements of your hands or feet up and down 狗趴式游泳4[transitive ]paddlesb/sth ( NAmE) to hit a child with a flat piece of wood as a punishment 用戒尺打(孩子)pad·dle/ˈpædl; NAmEˈpædl/
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paddle1 noun
paddle2 verb
paddlepad‧dle1 /ˈpædl/ ●○○ noun
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1paddle (1)[countable] a short pole that is wide and flat at the end, used for moving a small boat in water → oar2[singular] British English when you walk for pleasure without shoes or socks in water that is not very deep: If it’s not too cold, we can go for a paddle.3[countable] American English a small round flat bat with a short handle, used for hitting the ball in table tennis: a ping-pong paddle4[countable] a tool like a flat spoon, used for mixing food →
dog paddle
paddle1 noun
paddle2 verb
paddlepaddle2 verb (past tense and past participle paddled, present participle paddling)
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1[intransitive, transitive] to move a small light boat through water, using one or more paddlespaddle along/upstream/towards etc I desperately tried to paddle for the shore. She and her husband paddled a canoe down the Mississippi. →
row2
2[intransitive] British English to walk for pleasure without shoes or socks in water that is not very deepSYN wade American English: children paddling in the sea3[intransitive] to swim with short quick movements: The dog was paddling furiously after the ducks.4[transitive] American English informal to hit a child with a piece of wood as a punishment5paddle your own canoe British English informal to do things yourself, without help from anyone else
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paddle
[ˈpædl]paddled, paddling, paddles
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桨(71%),划桨(14%),戏水(9%),明轮翼(4%),抚弄(2%)
n.划桨;明轮翼
vt.拌;搅;用桨划
vi.划桨;戏水;涉水
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