| 单词 | wad |
| 释义 | wad wad1 —wadder, n. /wod/, n. , v. , wadded, wadding. n. 1. a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of paper; a wad of tobacco. 2. a small mass of cotton, wool, or other fibrous or soft material, used for stuffing, padding, packing, etc. 3. a roll of something, esp. of bank notes. 4. Informal. a comparatively large stock or quantity of something, esp. money: He's got a healthy wad salted away. 5. a plug of cloth, tow, paper, or the like, used to hold the powder or shot, or both, in place in a gun or cartridge. 6. Brit. Dial. a bundle, esp. a small one, of hay, straw, etc. 7. shoot one's wad, Informal. a. to spend all one's money: He shot his wad on a new car. b. to expend all one's energies or resources at one time: She shot her wad writing her first novel and her second wasn't as good. c. Slang (vulgar). (of a man) to have an orgasm. v.t. 8. to form (material) into a wad. 9. to roll tightly (often fol. by up): He wadded up his cap and stuck it into his pocket. 10. to hold in place by a wad: They rammed and wadded the shot into their muskets. 11. to put a wad into; stuff with a wad. 12. to fill out with or as if with wadding; stuff; pad: to wad a quilt; to wad a speech with useless information. v.i. 13. to become formed into a wad: The damp tissues had wadded in his pocket. [1530-40; < ML wadda < Arab bata'in lining of a garment, batting; cf. F ouate, D watte, Sw vadd] wad2 /wod/, n. a soft, earthy, black to dark-brown mass of manganese oxide minerals. [1605-15; orig. uncert.] |
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