pad

释义

• n. 衬垫；护具；便笺簿；填补
• vi. 步行；放轻脚步走
• vt. 填补；走
• n. (Pad)人名；(英)帕德(男子教名 Patrick 的昵称)

词源

pad

pad: [16] English has two words pad, both of them borrowed from Low German or Dutch. The ancestral meaning of pad ‘cushion’ seems to be ‘sole of the foot’, although that sense did not emerge in English until the 18th century. Flemish pad and Low German pad both denote ‘sole’, as does the presumably related Lithuanian pādas. Pad ‘tread, walk’ comes from Low German padden, a descendant of the same Germanic source as produced English path.It was originally a slang term used by 16th- and 17th-century highwayman, muggers, and the like, and its corresponding noun pad survives in footpad [17]. Paddle ‘walk in shallow water’ [16] comes from a Low German or Dutch derivative (the other paddle, ‘oar, bat’ [15], is of unknown origin).=> paddle, path

例句

• 1. Keep a pad handy to jot down queries as they occur. 手边放一本便笺簿，以便有问题时随时记下。
• 2. "Here's your ticket," he said, and he tore it off the pad. “给你票，”他说着，从票本上把票撕了下来。
• 3. I moved on round the big house to reach my pad. 我绕过大房子走向我的公寓。
• 4. Journalists report seeing a fire on the pad after the launch. 记者们报道说在发射后看到发射台着火了。
• 5. Wimbledon has been a launch pad for so many players. 温布尔登一直是成就众多球手的地方。