padding
noun[U]
uk/ˈpæd.ɪŋ/us/ˈpæd.ɪŋ/thepiecesofmaterialused toprotectsomething or give itshape
衬垫,衬料,填料unnecessarywords orinformationaddedto aspeechorpieceof writing:
(讲话、文章中的)铺张词藻,冗词赘句It could have been aninterestingessay, but there was too much padding.这本来可以是一篇有趣的文章,可里面的废话太多了。
Filling and completing
- backfill
- box ticking
- brick
- brick upsomething
- brim
- fill
- gas
- jam
- overcrowd
- overrun
- pack
- packsomething/somewhereout
- permeate
- pervade
- round
- stuffing
- suffuse
- supersaturated
- takesomethingup
- tank up
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