n.[C]

1. 垫，衬垫；护垫；鞍垫
   Football and hockey players wear shoulder pads.

   足球和曲棍球球员都戴垫肩。

   That carpet needs a pad under it.

   那块地毯下面要铺衬垫。

2. （狗，狐狸等动物的）肉趾；（动物的）脚；脚印
3. 打印台，印色盒，印泥
4. （能一张一张扯用的）便条纸簿
   Each student should have a pencil and pad.

   每个学生都应有一支铅笔和一本便条纸簿。

5. （导弹，火箭等的）发射台；直升机的升降台
6. （电脑）输入键盘（= keypad）
7. （荷花等的）大浮叶
8. 【俚】房间；公寓

vt.

1. （用软物）填塞，衬填[（+with）]
   They padded the seat of the chair with horse-hair to make it soft.

   他们往椅子的坐垫里填塞马鬃以使之柔软。

2. （用废话等）拉长，铺张（文章等）[（+out）]
3. 【美】浮报（帐目等）[（+out）]

vi.

1. 步行；放轻脚步走（或跑）[Q]
   They padded the same path every day.

   他们每天走这同一条路。

   He put on his slippers and padded out to the kitchen.

   他穿上拖鞋走到厨房去。

vt.

1. 走（路）；沿着……走
   The farmers padded the long road into town.

   农夫走长长的路进城去。

n.

1. （脚步等的）低沉声音；轻拍声[C]
2. 缓缓而行的马

n.

1. a thick piece of soft or absorbent material.
   ▸a protective guard worn over a part of the body by a sports player.
2. the fleshy underpart of an animal's foot or of a human finger.
3. a number of sheets of blank paper fastened together at one edge.
4. a flat-topped structure or area used for helicopter take-off and landing or for rocket-launching.
5. informal a person's home.
6. Electronics  a flat area on a track of a printed circuit or on the edge of an integrated circuit to which wires or component leads can be attached to make an electrical connection.

v.

1. [often as adj. padded] fill or cover with a pad.
2. (pad something out) lengthen a speech or piece of writing with unnecessary material.
3. N. Amer. defraud by adding false items to (an expenses claim or bill).
4. (pad up) (in cricket) put on protective pads.

v.

n.