单词	wad
释义	wad1 nounwad2 verb wadwad1 /wɒd $ wɑːd/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINwad1 Origin: 1500-1600 Perhaps from Dutch watte or French ouate ‘wadding’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a wad of bubble gum a wad of dollar bills I saw him trying to press a wad of cash into the woman's hand. She wouldn't take it. She opened her handbag, and pulled out a wad of banknotes. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And then I saw my wad of bills lying on the floor. By dealing in dollars you avoid paying high exchange fees or going home with a wad of pesos. I took the wad of twenties out of the bag and stuffed them into the back pocket of my jeans. She tried nibbling at the bulbous wad of meat and then at the toasted roll. The wads of crumpled transaction slips bulging out of wallets and desk drawers will be no more. The 20s, 50s and 100s were wrapped with rubber bands in wads of $ 1, 000 each. The biggest wad of that cash, however, did not go into software, chips, or computers. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatora group of things that are tied together or fastened together► bundle several things of the same type, for example papers, clothes, or sticks, that are fastened or tied together: · She keeps all his old letters, tied up in bundles.bundle of: · a bundle of twigs· He put his hand in his pocket, and pulled out a large bundle of £50 notes. ► bunch : bunch of flowers/keys/grapes etc a group of flowers, keys etc fastened, tied, or held together: · He handed her a huge bunch of roses.· Has anyone seen a bunch of keys?· I bought a kilo of apples and a bunch of grapes. ► wad a number of sheets of paper, especially paper money, that are held or tied together: wad of: · I saw him trying to press a wad of cash into the woman's hand. She wouldn't take it.· She opened her handbag, and pulled out a wad of banknotes. ► sheaf : sheaf of papers/notes etc a lot of pieces of paper held or fastened together in a flat pile: · He had a sheaf of papers under his arm.· I saw her put a sheaf of notes into her briefcase. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► big · The biggest wad of that cash, however, did not go into software, chips, or computers.· It needed gobs of honey or molasses along with a big wad of butter to create the illusion of good eating.· But they want a big, fat wad of that cash up front. ► thick · Beside them was a thick wad of thin notes.· Three thousand tabs of Ecstasy were handed over for a thick wad of notes.· She could feel nothing, as if her entire body were mummified in thick wads of flavourless chewing gum.· She kitted her out in a belt and a thick wad of gauze. 1a thick pile of pieces of paper or thin materialwad of a wad of dollar bills2a thick soft mass of material that has been pressed togetherwad of a wad of cotton wool wad1 nounwad2 verb wadwad2 verb (past tense and past participle wadded, present participle wadding) Verb Table VERB TABLE wad Simple Form Present I, you, we, they wad he, she, it wads Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they wadded Present perfect I, you, we, they have wadded he, she, it has wadded Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had wadded Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will wad Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have wadded Continuous Form Present I am wadding he, she, it is wadding you, we, they are wadding Past I, he, she, it was wadding you, we, they were wadding Present perfect I, you, we, they have been wadding he, she, it has been wadding Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been wadding Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be wadding Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been wadding Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS You could wad it up into a ball with your fingers, light it, and heat your coffee. wad something ↔ up phrasal verb American English to press something such as a piece of paper or cloth into a small tight ball
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