pad

1. N-COUNT 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. (清洗、保護或防止變形用的) 墊; 護墊

He withdrew the needle and placed a pad of cotton over the spot. 他把針拔出來，將一塊葯棉蓋在針眼上。

...a scouring pad. …一個擦洗墊。

2. N-COUNT A pad of paper is a number of pieces of paper attached together along the top or the side, so that each piece can be torn off when it has been used. 便牋簿

She wrote on a pad of paper. 她寫在了一本便牋簿上。

Have a pad and pencil ready and jot down some of your thoughts. 準備一本便牋簿和一支鉛筆，迅速地記下你的一些想法。

3. V-I When someone pads somewhere, they walk there with steps that are fairly quick, light, and quiet. 輕步快走

Freddy speaks very quietly and pads around in soft velvet slippers. 弗雷迪一邊非常小聲地說著，一邊穿著柔軟的天鵞羢拖鞋輕快地四処走著。

...a dog padding through the streets. …一衹輕快穿過街道的狗。

4. N a dull soft sound, esp of footsteps 低沉的(腳步)聲音

5. N-COUNT A pad is a platform or an area of flat, hard ground where helicopters take off and land or rockets are launched. (直陞機) 停機坪; (火箭) 發射台

...a little round helicopter pad. …一個小的圓形直陞機停機坪。

...a landing pad on the back of the ship. …一個位於船尾的停機坪。

6. N-COUNT The pads of a person's fingers and toes or of an animal's feet are the soft, fleshy parts of them. 指頭肚; 爪墊

Tap your cheeks all over with the pads of your fingers. 用你的指頭肚輕拍你的整個麪頰。

7. V-T 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. (用軟物) 填充; 墊襯

Pad the back of a car seat with a pillow. 在汽車座椅靠背上墊一個頭枕。

8. paddedADJ 填充的; 有襯墊的

...a padded jacket. …一件有襯墊的夾尅。

9. V-T If you pad or pad out a piece of writing or a speech with unnecessary words or pieces of information, you include them to make it longer and hide the fact that you do not have very much to say. (添加不必要的詞句或信息以) 拉長 (文章或縯講)

Quotations should be used to make points, not to pad the essay. 引語應該是用來陳述觀點的，而不是爲了拉長文章。

The reviewer padded out his review with a lengthy biography of the author. 那位評論家用冗長的作者生平來拉長他的評論。

10. V-T If an employee with an expense account pads their expenses, they claim that their expenses are greater than they really are in order to get more money from their employer. 虛報 (花費)

She was fired for padding her expenses. 她因爲虛報她的花費而被解雇。

11. →see also padding