英语词汇“paw”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	paw
释义	paw I. \ˈpȯ\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French poue 1. a. : the foot of a quadruped (as the lion, dog, or cat) having claws; broadly : the foot of an animal b. : fur taken from the legs and flanks of an animal and sewn together for garments < a coat of mink paw > 2. : a human hand: as a. : a large clumsy hand < selected a cigaret with a vast paw — Ellery Queen > b. : a child's small often grubby hand < go and wash those paws before dinner > 3. archaic : something done by hand (as handwriting) 4. : the foreleg of an animal depicted in heraldry as couped or erased near the middle joint — distinguished from gamb II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) *transitive verb* 1. : to stroke with the hand : feel or touch clumsily, indelicately, or rudely < he pawed his ear with a doubtful air — Arthur Morrison > < an important man could find more to do than paw a lady's knees — Kenneth Roberts > 2. : to touch or strike at with a paw : claw < barely escaped being pawed by the lion > 3. : to scrape or beat with or as if with a hoof < long lines of pack mules pawed the dust of the street — American Guide Series: Oregon > < the curb where his charger was pawing the gutter — Winston Churchill > 4. : to handle clumsily or roughly especially while looking or examining < he pawed the stones hurriedly, searching — Liam O'Flaherty > < don't care to have the critics paw the book at all — Mark Twain > 5. : to flail at or grab for wildly < his right hand pawed the steel side ineffectually — R.O.Bowen > 6. : to struggle to progress < the troops pawed forward gingerly a few hundred yards at a time — Norman Mailer > < walked, stumbled, groped, and pawed our way through the fields — Herbert Passin > *intransitive verb* 1. : to beat or scrape with a hoof < horses … being tossing their heads and pawing and neighing — S.E.Morison > < pawed vaguely with his foot for the brass rail — Dorothy Sayers > 2. : to touch or strike with a paw < the kitten pawed at the mouse > < the dog pawed at the back door begging to come in > 3. : to feel or touch clumsily or rudely with the hand < his hand pawed about his skull — Liam O'Flaherty > 4. : to search especially by handling carelessly or roughly < went back into the woodshed and pawed around for a heavy block of wood — Raymond Chandler > < pawed through the bottom of the trunk > 5. : to flail or grab wildly with the hand < sprang to the door and pawed at the bolt — William Faulkner > < were all on their feet … their hands pawing at their daggers — T.B.Costain > III. noun (-s) Etymology: probably alteration of obsolete English (northern dialect) pawk trick Scotland : a quick or deft movement : trick IV. adjective or paw-paw \ˈpȯˌpȯ\ Etymology: paw probably alteration of pah (I); paw-paw reduplication of paw 1. : childishly improper : naughty 2. : indecent, obscene
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