1N-UNCOUNT (柔软的)垫料,衬料Padding is soft material which is put on something or inside it in order to make it less hard, to protect it, or to give it a different shape. (柔软的)垫料,衬料
...the foam rubber padding on the headphones.
头戴式耳机上的泡沫橡胶垫料
Players must wear padding to protect them from injury.
运动员必须戴防护垫以免受伤。
...the fat on our bodies, which acts as padding.
我们身体里起衬垫作用的脂肪
2N-UNCOUNT 冗词赘句;凑篇幅的废话Padding is unnecessary words or information used to make a piece of writing or a speech longer. 冗词赘句;凑篇幅的废话
Of the sonnet eleven of the lines are mere padding and say nothing.
那首十四行诗中有11行都是废话,毫无意义。
...the kind of subject that politicians put in their speeches for a bit of padding.