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、保护或防止变形用的) 垫; 护垫

He withdrew the needle and placed a pad of cotton over the spot. 他把针拔出来，将一块药棉盖在针眼上。

...a scouring pad. …一个擦洗垫。

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. 便笺簿

She wrote on a pad of paper. 她写在了一本便笺簿上。

Have a pad and pencil ready and jot down some of your thoughts. 准备一本便笺簿和一支铅笔，迅速地记下你的一些想法。

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

Freddy speaks very quietly and pads around in soft velvet slippers. 弗雷迪一边非常小声地说着，一边穿着柔软的天鹅绒拖鞋轻快地四处走着。

...a dog padding through the streets. …一只轻快穿过街道的狗。

4. N a dull soft sound, esp of footsteps 低沉的(脚步)声音

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. (直升机) 停机坪; (火箭) 发射台

...a little round helicopter pad. …一个小的圆形直升机停机坪。

...a landing pad on the back of the ship. …一个位于船尾的停机坪。

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. 指头肚; 爪垫

Tap your cheeks all over with the pads of your fingers. 用你的指头肚轻拍你的整个面颊。

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. (用软物) 填充; 垫衬

Pad the back of a car seat with a pillow. 在汽车座椅靠背上垫一个头枕。

8. paddedADJ 填充的; 有衬垫的

...a padded jacket. …一件有衬垫的夹克。

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. (添加不必要的词句或信息以) 拉长 (文章或演讲)

Quotations should be used to make points, not to pad the essay. 引语应该是用来陈述观点的，而不是为了拉长文章。

The reviewer padded out his review with a lengthy biography of the author. 那位评论家用冗长的作者生平来拉长他的评论。

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. 虚报 (花费)

She was fired for padding her expenses. 她因为虚报她的花费而被解雇。

11. →see also padding