n.[C]

1. （短而闊的）槳
2. 槳狀物；（攪拌混合用的）攪棒；（桌球的）球拍
   The butter churn had two paddles to whip the cream.

   奶油製造機有兩根攪棍攪打奶油。

3. （船的）明輪翼
   Some tugs on rivers still have paddles.

   有一些河上的拖船現在還用明輪翼。

4. 鰭
5. 划（獨木舟等）
   Each man had a paddle for an hour and then a rest.

   每個人划一個小時，然後休息一下。

vt.

1. 用槳划（船）
   The young couple paddled a little boat leisurely on the river.

   那對年輕夫婦在河上悠閒地划著一條小船。

2. 划船運送
   He paddled me across the river in his canoe.

   他用獨木舟將我划過河去。

3. （用槳狀物）攪，打

vi.

1. 划槳行進；蕩槳；用槳輪推進行船
   The people here paddled from place to place in canoes.

   這裡的人用獨木舟從一個地方划到另一個地方。

vi.

1. 涉水，在淺水中行走；（用腳和手）玩水
   Children love to paddle at the beach.

   孩子們喜歡在海灘嬉水。

2. 【古】用手指撫弄[（+in/on/about）]
   His little daughter paddled up to him.

   他的小女兒搖搖晃晃走到他跟前。

3. （小孩）搖搖晃晃地走

n.

1. a short pole with a broad blade at one or both ends, used to move a small boat or canoe through the water.
   ▸an act of paddling.
   ▸each of the boards fitted round the circumference of a paddle wheel or mill wheel.
   ▸the fin or flipper of an aquatic mammal or bird.
2. a short-handled bat such as that used in table tennis.
   ▸any of various paddle-shaped instruments used for stirring or mixing.
   ▸N. Amer. informal a paddle-shaped instrument used for administering corporal punishment.
3. a flat array of solar cells projecting from a spacecraft.
4. Medicine  a plastic-covered electrode used in cardiac stimulation.

v.

1. propel (a boat or canoe) with a paddle or paddles.
   ▸(of a bird or other animal) swim with short, fast strokes.
2. informal, chiefly N. Amer. beat with a paddle as a punishment.

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