paddle

英 ['pæd(ə)l] 美['pædl]

CET6+TEM4IELTS考研低频词常用词汇

复数: paddles;第三人称单数: paddles;过去式: paddled;过去分词: paddled;现在分词: paddling;

1. ped- "foot" => peddle => peddler.
2. pad => paddle => paddler.

paddle 船桨，划船

来自拉丁语padela,小铲子，进一步来自patella,小盘子，来自patina的小词形式，词源同pan,patella.后引申词义船桨。

paddle 蹚水，踩水

来自pad,蹚水，-le,表反复。

paddle (n.): c. 1400, padell "small spade," from Medieval Latin padela, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Latin patella "small pan, little dish, plate," diminutive of patina (see pan (n.)).

Meaning "short oar with a wide blade" is from 1620s. As an instrument used for beating clothes (and slaves, and schoolboys), it is recorded from 1828, American English. Paddle-ball attested from 1935.
paddle (v.1): "to dabble, wade in water," 1520s, probably cognate with Low German paddeln "tramp about," frequentative of padjen "to tramp, to run in short steps," from pad (v.). Related: Paddled; paddling. Meaning "to move in water by means of paddles" is a different word (see paddle (v.3)).
paddle (v.2): "to beat with a paddle, spank," 1856, from paddle (n.). Related: Paddled; paddling.
paddle (v.3): "to move in water by means of paddles," 1670s, from paddle (n.). To paddle one's (own) canoe "do for oneself" is from 1828.

1. We might be able to push ourselves across with the paddle.: 我们也许可以用桨把自己推过去。