pad

• 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)

可能来自低地德语pad,脚掌，来自PIE*pent,踩，踏，词源同path,foot.后引申词义软垫，垫子，便笺本，以及俚语直升机停机坪等。

可能来自拟声词，模仿蹚水的吧唧声。

1. a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge

2. the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily)

3. a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp

4. a usually thin flat mass of padding

5. a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched

6. temporary living quarters

7. the foot or fleshy cushion-like underside of the toes of an animal

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

pad (n.)

1550s, "bundle of straw to lie on," possibly from or related to Low German or obsolete Flemish pad "sole of the foot," which is perhaps from PIE *pent- "to tread, go" (see find (v.)), but see path (n.). Meaning "cushion-like part of an animal foot" is from 1790 in English. Generalized sense of "something soft" is from c. 1700; the sense of "a number of sheets fastened together" (in writing pad, drawing pad, etc.) is from 1865.

Sense of "takeoff or landing place for a helicopter" is from 1960. The word persisted in underworld slang from early 18c. in the sense "sleeping place," and was popularized again c. 1959, originally in beatnik speech (later hippie slang) in its original English sense of "place to sleep temporarily."

pad (v.2)

"to stuff, increase the amount of," 1827, from pad (n.); transferred to expense accounts, etc. from 1913. Related: Padded; padding. Notion of a padded cell in an asylum or prison is from 1862 (padded room).

pad (v.1)

"to walk," 1550s, probably from Middle Dutch paden "walk along a path, make a path," from pad, pat "path." Originally criminals' slang, perhaps of imitative origin (sound of feet trudging on a dirt road). Related: Padded; padding.

A study of the University of Chicago I Pad project found that patients got tests and 34 treatments faster if they were cared for by I Pad-equipped residents.

2016年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

In fall 2010, she helped launch a pilot project in Chicago to see if the I Pad could improve working conditions and patient care.

2016年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

Early humans pad for their large brains in two ways.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 任务型阅读 原文

medicated cleansing pads for sensitive skin

敏感皮肤药物清洗棉

牛津词典

sanitary pads (= that a woman uses during her period )

卫生巾

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a sketch/writing pad

速写 / 拍纸簿

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a scouring pad

刷洗用的金属丝球

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floating lily pads

睡莲的浮叶

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All the sharp corners were padded with foam.

所有的棱角都垫上了泡沫塑料。

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a padded jacket

有夹层的外套

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a padded envelope (= for sending delicate objects)

有垫料层的封套

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She padded across the room to the window.

她蹑手蹑脚地穿过屋子走到窗前。

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to pad bills/expense accounts

在账单上 / 开支账上做手脚

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The report was padded out with extracts from previous documents.

该报告摘抄过去的文件而加长了篇幅。

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He withdrew the needle and placed a pad of cotton-wool over the spot.

他把针头拔出，在扎针处按了一块药棉。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a scouring pad.

百洁布

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She wrote on a pad of paper...

她写在了便笺簿上。

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Freddy speaks very quietly and pads around in soft velvet slippers...

弗蕾迪说话轻声细气，穿着柔软的天鹅绒拖鞋蹑手蹑脚地四处走动。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a dog padding through the streets...

轻步快速穿过街道的狗

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...a little round helicopter pad.

小型圆形直升机停机坪

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...a landing pad on the back of the ship...

船尾的停机坪

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I moved on round the big house to reach my pad...

我绕过大房子走向我的公寓。

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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。

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Tap your cheeks all over with the pads of your fingers.

用手指头肚儿轻拍脸颊一遍。

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Pad the back of a car seat with a pillow...

用枕头垫一下汽车坐椅靠背。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I can tell you I always padded my bras.

我可以告诉你我的内衣一直装衬垫的。

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Suse latex foam pad is the back of conventional products.

素色垫背面发泡乳胶是常规产品.

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The helicopter was hovering about 100 metres above the pad.

直升机在离发射台一百米的上空盘旋.

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You'll have to pad out the chair with some more cloth before recovering it.

在套上椅罩之前,你须先用些布把椅子垫厚实了.

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