pad

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pad1 /pæd/ ●●○ S3 noun [countable]  1  soft material 柔软的材料TD a thick flat object made of cloth or rubber, used to protect or clean something, or to make something more comfortable 垫，衬垫；护垫pad of Press on the wound with a large pad of cotton wool. 用大块药棉按住伤口。 Use an abrasive pad for stubborn stains. 用百洁布擦洗顽固污渍。knee/elbow/shin/shoulder pad (=a pad that you wear to protect a part of your body when you are playing a sport) 护膝/护肘/护胫/护肩 →5 see picture at 见图 sport12  paper 纸TCNWRITE several sheets of paper fastened together, used for writing or drawing 便笺本，拍纸簿writing/sketch/memo/legal etc pad a box of paints and a sketch pad 一盒颜料和一本速写本 Keep a telephone pad and a pen to hand. 手边准备一本电话记事簿和一支笔。 a pad of paper 一本拍纸簿3  flat ground 平地 a piece of flat ground where small aircraft can land 小型停机坪launch/landing/helicopter pad The hospital has built a helicopter pad. 那家医院建了一块直升机停机坪。4. animal’s foot 动物的足HBA the flesh on the bottom of the foot of a cat, dog etc 〔猫、狗等动物的〕肉掌，爪垫5. apartment 公寓 old-fashioned informalDHHOME someone’s apartment or the room where they live 公寓；房间6. water plant 水生植物HBP the leaf of a water lily 〔睡莲的〕浮叶 → launch pad, helicopter pad

Examples from the Corpus

pad• a bachelor pad• Changing the subject slightly the brake pads and linings are showing no signs of any wear after over 24,000 miles.• Cover the wound with a cotton pad.• Each pad has an identifying number, and each check is numbered consecutively.• Though the night was cold, I had a foam pad, a blanket and a down bag.• I had to sleep on a foam pad on the floor.• He picked up his pad from beside the chair.• a lily pad• The combination of pad, mobile launcher and flame trench was cooled with a water deluge system.• His knapsack and sketch pad and sleeping bag lay on the floor, candy wrappers scattered around them.• The Boots range also includes specially designed briefs, some of which are ideal for use with Staydry pads.• Wipe the pad over the surface until the wood starts to shine.• He fanned the coals with the pad till the ashes rose up the chimney and the flames jumped.knee/elbow/shin/shoulder pad• Among the items scientists have unearthed are four-inch clay figurines depicting men wearing hip and shoulder pads.• Another time it was a blond streak and shoulder pads.• Gardener's knee pads are a good idea: kneeling on joists can be very uncomfortable.• Cut two little strips to decorate the front of the shoulder pads and press on.writing/sketch/memo/legal etc pad• Police sources revealed earlier that the three-page ransom note had been handwritten on paper from a legal pad found in the home.• Instead, he pulls a legal pad and a calendar from his briefcase and heads for the phone.• Then he got pen and writing pad and sat at the table.• Susan was already off the window scat, looking for a place to tuck her sketch pad.• Topping the heap at 36K is Memo Pad which gives you a scratchpad facility.• Now it's Dominic who hovers selfconsciously, scribbling busily on a yellow legal pad.launch/landing/helicopter pad• Here the air-lock doors of a cargo bay; there a communications nacelle, a launch pad, a service hatch.• Each of the Apollo launch pads was 0.65 square kilometres in size and constructed of heavily reinforced concrete.• Neighbours, the show that was her launch pad, might have to be jettisoned.• But there are signs that the protest may be the launch pad for a powerful and broadly based opposition.• The fully fuelled Saturn V sitting on the launch pad had a total mass some 56 times that of the Apollo spacecraft.• He walked past the helicopter pad and along a sandy road that led toward the church spires.• Such excerpts are important because they provide a highly visible launching pad.

Related topics: Daily life

pad2 verb (padded, padding)  1  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]WALK to walk softly and quietly 轻轻地走，放轻脚步走pad across/through/along etc The cat came padding silently back to its home. 那只猫悄无声息地回家来了。 She padded barefoot down the stairs. 她光着脚轻轻地下了楼。► see thesaurus at walk2  D[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 comfortable 给（某物）装衬垫；用软物覆盖（某物）pad something with something jackets padded out with a soft cotton filling 带柔软夹棉层的外套3  [transitive] American EnglishBTRICK/DECEIVE to dishonestly make bills more expensive than they should be 虚报，夸大〔账目〕 padding the bills of Medicare patients 虚报医疗保险病人的账目4  [transitive] (also pad (something) out) to make a speech or piece of writing longer by adding unnecessary words or details 〔用多余的话或细节〕拉长〔演讲、文章等〕，扩充〔某物〕的篇幅 Don’t pad out your answer to make it seem impressive. 不要夸夸其谈，显得你的回答很高明似的。pad with His autobiography is padded with boring anecdotes. 他的自传因为加了不少无聊的轶事而拉长了篇幅。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

pad• Unless I see at least a hint of contour, I assume a crotch has been padded.• Rhoda padded across the hall into her sister's room.• His hunched figure padded across to the desk in the bay and Swod gestured for the police officer to sit down.• Michelle got out of bed, and padded across to the window.• For the movie, he has to pad his body to make himself look 25 pounds heavier.• His first instinct was to pad on back to his room.• The last chapter is padded out with an extract from an earlier report.• Don't pad out your answer to make it seem impressive.• The cat came padding softly across the kitchen floor, and jumped onto my lap.• They realized their lawyer was padding the court fees.• The A's padded their lead with two more runs.• He padded them out with a torn sheet from sick bay to stop them making any noise.• They are all padded with foam or sponge.pad across/through/along etc• On the right and the left of my track, padding along in parallel silence were bears.• She might under some circumstances be submissive, like these dreary girls you see padding along in the moccasin tracks of hippies.• Nigel in his best jeans and sneakers padded along like a puma.• He padded across the floor and under the huge tarpaulin where Jekub lived.• Polly got out of bed and padded across the room towards it.• We padded through those quiet, leafy roads in utter silence.• His hunched figure padded across to the desk in the bay and Swod gestured for the police officer to sit down.• There was complete silence as we padded through two more streets with walls so bitten away that they looked like lace.From Longman Business Dictionarypadpad /pæd/ noun [countable]OFFICE several sheets of paper fastened together, used for making notesAlways have a pad and pen next to your telephone. → legal padOrigin pad1 (1500-1600) Perhaps from Low German, “bottom surface of the foot” pad2 1. (1500-1600) Low German padden “to go along a path”2. (1800-1900) → PAD1

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flat made object cloth used or a of thick Business rubber, Corpus

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pad¹ S3 /pæd/ noun [countable]
1.  SOFT MATERIAL a thick flat object made of cloth or rubber, used to protect or clean something, or to make something more comfortable
    pad 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)
2.  PAPER several sheets of paper fastened together, used for writing or drawing
    writing/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 paper
3.  FLAT GROUND a piece of flat ground where small aircraft can land
    launch/landing/helicopter pad
    The hospital has built a helicopter pad.
4.  ANIMAL’S FOOT the flesh on the bottom of the foot of a cat, dog etc
5.  APARTMENT old-fashioned informal someone’s apartment or the room where they live
6.  WATER PLANT the leaf of a water lily
⇨ launch pad, helicopter pad

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pad² verb (past tense and past participle padded, present participle padding)1. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to walk softly and quietly
    pad across/through/along etc
    The cat came padding silently back to its home.
    She padded barefoot down the stairs.
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 comfortable
    pad something with something
    jackets padded out with a soft cotton filling
3. [transitive] American English to dishonestly make bills more expensive than they should be:
    padding the bills of Medicare patients
4. [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.
     

THESAURUS

■ to walk quietly
   ▪ tiptoe to walk quietly and carefully on your toes because you do not want to make a noise: I tiptoed out trying not to wake the baby.
   ▪ creep to walk quietly and slowly because you do not want anyone to see or hear you: Stella crept up the stairs, hoping not to wake her parents.
   ▪ sneak to walk quietly so that no-one notices you, especially because you are doing something you should not do: They sneaked off without paying. | I quickly sneaked out to have a cigarette.
   ▪ pad to walk quietly without wearing shoes – also used about cats and dogs walking quietly: Michelle got up and padded barefoot down to the kitchen. | The cat padded in, asking for her food.