n.[C]

1. 墊，襯墊；護墊；鞍墊
   Football and hockey players wear shoulder pads.

   足球和曲棍球球員都戴墊肩。

   That carpet needs a pad under it.

   那塊地毯下面要鋪襯墊。

2. （狗，狐狸等動物的）肉趾；（動物的）腳；腳印
3. 打印臺，印色盒，印泥
4. （能一張一張扯用的）便條紙簿
   Each student should have a pencil and pad.

   每個學生都應有一枝鉛筆和一本便條紙簿。

5. （飛彈、火箭等的）發射臺；直升機的升降臺
6. （電腦）輸入鍵盤（= keypad）
7. （荷花等的）大浮葉
8. 【俚】房間；公寓

vt.

1. （用軟物）填塞，襯填[（+with）]
   They padded the seat of the chair with horse-hair to make it soft.

   他們往椅子的坐墊裡填塞馬鬃以使之柔軟。

2. （用廢話等）拉長，鋪張（文章等）[（+out）]
3. 【美】浮報（帳目等）[（+out）]

vi.

1. 步行；放輕腳步走（或跑）[Q]
   They padded the same path every day.

   他們每天走這同一條路。

   He put on his slippers and padded out to the kitchen.

   他穿上拖鞋走到廚房去。

vt.

1. 走（路）；沿著……走
   The farmers padded the long road into town.

   農夫走長長的路進城去。

n.

1. （腳步等的）低沉聲音；輕拍聲[C]
2. 緩緩而行的馬

n.

1. a thick piece of soft or absorbent material.
   ▸a protective guard worn over a part of the body by a sports player.
2. the fleshy underpart of an animal's foot or of a human finger.
3. a number of sheets of blank paper fastened together at one edge.
4. a flat-topped structure or area used for helicopter take-off and landing or for rocket-launching.
5. informal a person's home.
6. Electronics  a flat area on a track of a printed circuit or on the edge of an integrated circuit to which wires or component leads can be attached to make an electrical connection.

v.

1. [often as adj. padded] fill or cover with a pad.
2. (pad something out) lengthen a speech or piece of writing with unnecessary material.
3. N. Amer. defraud by adding false items to (an expenses claim or bill).
4. (pad up) (in cricket) put on protective pads.

v.

n.

[名]

1. ①墊肩。
2. ②襯墊。
3. ③（女生用）衛生護墊。