n.便签纸；衬垫；发射台；公寓；脚印；肉趾
n.低沉声音；缓慢行走的马
v.填塞；夸大
v.轻轻走
She always kept a pad and pencil by the phone. 她总在电话机旁准备一本便签簿和一支铅笔。
He jotted down a note on the pad by the telephone. 他在电话机旁的便笺本草草记下一个通知。
That carpet needs a pad under it. 那块地毯下面要铺衬垫。
The nurse put a clean pad of cotton over his wound. 护士在他的伤口上敷了一块干净的纱布垫。
That missile disintegrated less than a minute after leaving the launch pad. 那枚导弹离开发射台不到一分钟就解体了。
He moved back into his old bachelor pad. 他搬回了原先的单身公寓。
She heard the pad of bare feet coming down the stairs. 她听见有光着脚下楼的轻柔声音。
用作动词 (v.)The helmet is padded with foam. 头盔以泡沫材料填充。
Never pad out your essay with irrelevant details. 千万别用不相干的细节来拉长文章。
They like to pad along this lane. 他们喜欢慢慢地走。
He lost all his money and had to pad it home . 他的钱都丢了，不得不步行回家。
pad用作及物动词时意思是“填塞”,即“加垫子于; 填料于”。引申可作“拉长”解。接名词或代词作宾语。
pad用作不及物动词时意思是“慢慢地走”。
pad后接along意思是“慢慢地走”“沿着…慢慢走”; 后接down意思是“轻轻走过”; 后接out意思是“把…垫满或填满”“把…不必要地拉长”; 后接with意思是“用…填充”。
