Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense pads, present participle padding, past tense, past participle padded
1N-COUNT 垫子;衬垫;护垫 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. 垫子;衬垫;护垫
He withdrew the needle and placed a pad of cotton-wool over the spot. [+ of]
2N-COUNT 拍纸簿;便笺本 A pad of paper is a number of pieces of paper which are fixed together along the top or the side, so that each piece can be torn off when it has been used. 拍纸簿;便笺本
She wrote on a pad of paper. [+ of]
她写在了便笺簿上。
Have a pad and pencil ready and jot down some of your thoughts.
准备好铅笔和便笺簿,把你的一些想法记下来。
'Here's your ticket,' he said, and he tore it off the pad.
6N-COUNT [usually singular, usually poss NOUN]住处;(尤指)寓所,公寓 People can refer to the place where they live as their pad, especially if it is a flat. 住处;(尤指)寓所,公寓 [informal, old-fashioned]
I moved on round the big house to reach my pad.
我绕过大房子走向我的公寓。
It wouldn't have occurred to me to get myself a bachelor pad.
否则我不会想到给自己找一套单身公寓。
7N-COUNT [usually plural]指头肚儿;(动物的)爪垫 The pads of a person's fingers and toes or of an animal's feet are the soft, fleshy parts of them. 指头肚儿;(动物的)爪垫
Tap your cheeks all over with the pads of your fingers. [+ of]
用手指头肚儿轻拍脸颊一遍。
8VERB 给…加衬垫;垫衬 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. 给…加衬垫;垫衬
Pad the back of a car seat with a pillow. [VERB noun + with]
用枕头垫一下汽车坐椅靠背。
I can tell you I always padded my bras. [VERB noun]