Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense paddles, present participle paddling, past tense, past participle paddled
1N-COUNT 桨;短桨 A paddle is a short pole with a wide flat part at one end or at both ends. You hold it in your hands and use it as an oar to move a small boat through water. 桨;短桨
We might be able to push ourselves across with the paddle.
我们也许可以用桨把自己推过去。
...a piece of driftwood which he used as a paddle.