paddle

英 ['pæd(ə)l] 美 ['pædl]

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※ 提供单词"paddle"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

paddle 船桨，划船

来自拉丁语padela,小铲子，进一步来自patella,小盘子，来自patina的小词形式，词源同pan,patella.后引申词义船桨。

paddle 蹚水，踩水

来自pad,蹚水，-le,表反复。

paddle (n.): c. 1400, padell "small spade," from Medieval Latin padela, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Latin patella "small pan, little dish, plate," diminutive of patina (see pan (n.)).

Meaning "short oar with a wide blade" is from 1620s. As an instrument used for beating clothes (and slaves, and schoolboys), it is recorded from 1828, American English. Paddle-ball attested from 1935.
paddle (v.1): "to dabble, wade in water," 1520s, probably cognate with Low German paddeln "tramp about," frequentative of padjen "to tramp, to run in short steps," from pad (v.). Related: Paddled; paddling. Meaning "to move in water by means of paddles" is a different word (see paddle (v.3)).
paddle (v.2): "to beat with a paddle, spank," 1856, from paddle (n.). Related: Paddled; paddling.
paddle (v.3): "to move in water by means of paddles," 1670s, from paddle (n.). To paddle one's (own) canoe "do for oneself" is from 1828.

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1. 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。