paw

Related topics: Animals

paw1 /pɔː $ pɒː/ noun [countableC] → pore, pour, poor

HBAan animal’s foot that has nails or claws 〔动物的〕爪子

a lion’s paw

狮爪

2 informalHBH someone’s hand – used when you are annoyed or angry 〔某人的〕手〔用于不悦或生气时〕

Keep your filthy paws off me!

把你的脏爪子从我身上拿开！

Examples from the Corpus

paw• Snyde came closer, reached out a paw and touched Whillan's flank strangely, casting a lingering look at it.• The cat rolled on to her side, stretched, put a paw across her eyes.• His hide is removed with head and paws attached and arranged upon a rack to look alive.• The researchers injected formalin into animals' paws and watched how often they licked the wound.• He sat down and pushed at the lid with one filthy paw.• Our dog cut his paw on a piece of metal.• I stared at the eyes of a blind toy, holding its paw.• They can speak, via a whirring mechanical voice box, and they have mechanical human hands rather than paws.• There were paw marks on the windows.• Get your paws off my pizza!

Related topics: Animals

paw2 verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

1 HBAif an animal paws a surface, it touches or rubs one place several times with its paw 用爪子[前足，蹄等]抓[触，扒，刨]

paw at

The dog’s pawing at the door again – let him out.

那只狗又在扒门了——让它出去吧。

His horse pawed the ground.

他的马刨着地面。

2 informalSYSEXY to feel or touch someone in a rough or sexual way that is offensive 〔粗鲁或放肆地〕摸弄

He’d had too much to drink and started pawing me.

他先是喝多了酒，然后开始对我动手动脚。

Examples from the Corpus

paw• I watched a cat pawing at butterflies in the courtyard.• He paws at me, licks me, nuzzles me and I talk back.• The ground was freshly pawed by deer, and the smooth black earth showed the criss-cross pattern of their hoof prints.• Never, not even when some aroused, overweight, ugly Casanova had tried to paw her.• There were guys coming in almost every night, groping and pawing me just because I served them a beer or two.• First he drank too much, then he started pawing me.• The horses pawed, shaking their manes and switching tails, and harness jangled.• The cat turned and looked at them, and it pawed the air.

Origin paw1

(1200-1300) Old French poue

词汇	paw
释义	paw Related topics: Animals paw1 /pɔː $ pɒː/ ●●○ noun [countableC] → pore, pour, poor 1 HBAan animal’s foot that has nails or claws 〔动物的〕爪子 a lion’s paw 狮爪 2 informalHBH someone’s hand – used when you are annoyed or angry 〔某人的〕手〔用于不悦或生气时〕 Keep your filthy paws off me! 把你的脏爪子从我身上拿开！ Examples from the Corpus paw• Snyde came closer, reached out a paw and touched Whillan's flank strangely, casting a lingering look at it.• The cat rolled on to her side, stretched, put a paw across her eyes.• His hide is removed with head and paws attached and arranged upon a rack to look alive.• The researchers injected formalin into animals' paws and watched how often they licked the wound.• He sat down and pushed at the lid with one filthy paw.• Our dog cut his paw on a piece of metal.• I stared at the eyes of a blind toy, holding its paw.• They can speak, via a whirring mechanical voice box, and they have mechanical human hands rather than paws.• There were paw marks on the windows.• Get your paws off my pizza! Related topics: Animals paw2 verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT] 1 HBAif an animal paws a surface, it touches or rubs one place several times with its paw 用爪子[前足，蹄等]抓[触，扒，刨] paw at The dog’s pawing at the door again – let him out. 那只狗又在扒门了——让它出去吧。 His horse pawed the ground. 他的马刨着地面。 2 informalSYSEXY to feel or touch someone in a rough or sexual way that is offensive 〔粗鲁或放肆地〕摸弄 He’d had too much to drink and started pawing me. 他先是喝多了酒，然后开始对我动手动脚。 Examples from the Corpus paw• I watched a cat pawing at butterflies in the courtyard.• He paws at me, licks me, nuzzles me and I talk back.• The ground was freshly pawed by deer, and the smooth black earth showed the criss-cross pattern of their hoof prints.• Never, not even when some aroused, overweight, ugly Casanova had tried to paw her.• There were guys coming in almost every night, groping and pawing me just because I served them a beer or two.• First he drank too much, then he started pawing me.• The horses pawed, shaking their manes and switching tails, and harness jangled.• The cat turned and looked at them, and it pawed the air. Origin paw1 (1200-1300) Old French poue
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