paw

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /pɔː/    美 /pɔ/|/poː/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.
  2. Alternative form of pa (“father”). alt-of,alternative
  3. A hand. also,humorous,slang
    — Get your grubby paws off my things!
动词 v.
  1. Of an animal, to touch (something) with a paw.; Of an animal, to dig through (something, such as a garbage can) with paws. transitive
  2. Of an animal, to touch (something) with a paw.; Of an animal, to draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot. transitive
    — He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
  3. To touch (someone) in a sexual way. broadly,transitive
    — IronMan used to be good in this way, back in the '80s. […] They wouldn't subscribe to the old, "Let's put a male bodybuilder with silicone babes pawing him" cover that's mainstay now.
  4. To clumsily dig (through something). broadly,transitive
  5. To flatter. dated,transitive

词形变化

paws plural paws present,singular,third-person pawing participle,present pawed participle,past pawed past paws plural

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English pawe, from Old French poue, poe, from Vulgar Latin *pauta. Further origin unknown, perhaps from Frankish *pōta, from Frankish *pōtōn (“to put, stick, plant”), from Proto-Germanic *putōną, whence also Old English potian (“to push”), pȳtan (“to put out, poke out”). See more at put. Doublet of pote, put, and putt.
Cognate with Dutch poot, poten (“to plant”), Low German Pote, German Pfote, Icelandic pota (“to stick”).
词源 2
The word probably has an origin in baby talk. See pa.
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