paw

英 [pɔː] 美 [pɔː]

• n. 脚爪；爪子；<口>手
• v. 以蹄扒；抓；粗鲁地摸；翻找

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]脚掌

   foot of an animal with claws or nails

2. [C]〈谑〉手

   hand

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 用爪抓

   touch or rub

2. vt. 摸弄

   feel or touch with the hands

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 爪子，脚爪，手爪，手掌，脚掌
2. <口>手
3. 笔迹
4. <口>爸爸，父亲

v. 动词

1. 搔
2. <口>笨拙地触摸，笨拙地使用
3. 亲昵地抚摸，盘弄爱抚
4. 翻找
5. 艰苦地行走，费力地前进
6. 缠住，纠缠不休，拉拉扯扯
7. 猥亵地摩挲
8. 动手动脚，动手挑逗
9. 用爪子抓，用蹄刨
10. 满足某人的性欲望

adj. 形容词

1. <俚>不适当的，不恰当的

英英释义

Noun:

1. a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped

2. the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb;

   "he had the hands of a surgeon"
   "he extended his mitt"
   

Verb:

1. scrape with the paws;

   "The bear pawed the door"
   

2. touch clumsily;

   "The man tried to paw her"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The dog pressed his paw on the latch to let himself in.
   那狗用脚爪按住门闩把自己放进来。
2. The kitten has very soft paws.
   小猫的爪子很软。
3. The dog gave a yelp when I trod on its paw.
   我踩了那狗的爪子，它嚎叫了一声。
4. The dog was howling its paw was hurt.
   那条狗在嗥叫--它的爪子受伤了。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The bull pawed the ground before charging.
   那头牛用蹄刨着地准备出击。
2. The dog pawed at the bone.
   狗用爪子抓骨头。
3. That old man is always trying to paw me at the pub.
   那个老男人在酒吧里老想吃我豆腐。
4. He pawed frantically through the drawers.
   他拼命翻找抽屉里的东西。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. This is a black cat with white paws.
   这是一只长有白色脚掌的小黑猫。
2. Go and wash your dirty paws!
   去把你的脏爪子洗一洗。
3. Take your dirty little paws off me!
   别用你的小黑手抓着我。

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The dog was pawing the door.
   狗正在用爪子抓门。
2. He cannot be near a woman without paw-ing her.
   他一接近女人就忍不住动手动脚。

经典引文

• Workers soon had rifles..in their unhandy paws.

  出自： A. Burgess

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

make a cat's paw of

利用(某人)作为工具make sb to do sth

用作动词 (v.)

paw about〔around〕( v.+adv. )

触摸touch
paw sb/sth ⇔ about〔around〕
Who's been pawing this cake about?

谁摸这块蛋糕了?
I don't want to buy tomatoes that have already been pawed about by other customers!

我不想买被其他顾客摸弄过的番茄。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

形容词+～

• bloody paw 血淋淋的脚掌
• clumsy paw 笨拙的手
• dirty paw 脏手

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• paw a door 用爪子抓门
• paw a woman 对女人动手动脚

～+副词

• paw about〔around〕 触摸

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古法语的powe，意为爪子。

近反义词

【近义词】

• touch 触摸
• hand 手
• mitt 手套
• handle 处理
• feel 感觉
• appendage 附加物
• maul 大槌
• molest 骚扰
• fondle 爱
• stroke 中风
• pet 宠物
• grope (暗中)摸索
• grip 紧握
• hoof 蹄
• manus 手