1. 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.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. ...a scouring pad.
           百洁布

2. 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.

    e.g. She wrote on a pad of paper...
           她写在了便笺簿上。
    e.g. 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。

3. 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.

pad是什么意思

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. ...a dog padding through the streets...
           轻步快速穿过街道的狗

4. 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.

    e.g. ...a little round helicopter pad.
           小型圆形直升机停机坪
    e.g. ...a landing pad on the back of the ship...
           船尾的停机坪

5. 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.

pad的近义词

    e.g. I moved on round the big house to reach my pad...
           我绕过大房子走向我的公寓。
    e.g. 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。

6. 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.

    e.g. Tap your cheeks all over with the pads of your fingers.
           用手指头肚儿轻拍脸颊一遍。

7. 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.

    e.g. Pad the back of a car seat with a pillow...
           用枕头垫一下汽车坐椅靠背。
    e.g. 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。

8. see also: padding

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