| 单词 | wad |
| 释义 | Word Frequency wad 1(wɒd) noun 1. a small mass or ball of fibrous or soft material, such as cotton wool, used esp for packing or stuffing 2. a. a plug of paper, cloth, leather, etc, pressed against a charge to hold it in place in a muzzle-loading cannon b. a disc of paper, felt, pasteboard, etc, used to hold in place the powder and shot in a shotgun cartridge 3. a roll or bundle of something, esp of banknotes 4. US and Canadian slang a large quantity, esp of money 5. British dialect a bundle of hay or straw 6. British military slang a bun char and a wad verbWord forms: wads, wadding or wadded 7. to form (something) into a wad 8. (transitive) to roll into a wad or bundle 9. (transitive) a. to hold (a charge) in place with a wad b. to insert a wad into (a gun) 10. (transitive) to pack or stuff with wadding; pad Derived forms wadder (ˈwadder) noun Word origin C14: from Late Latin wadda; related to German Watte cotton woolWord Frequency wad 2(wɒd) noun a soft dark earthy amorphous material consisting of decomposed manganese minerals: occurs in damp marshy areas Word origin C17: of unknown origin |
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