early 15c., wadde, "small bunch of fibrous, soft material for padding or stuffing," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Medieval Latin wadda (14c., source also of French ouate, Italian ovate), or Dutch watten (source of German Watte), or Middle English wadmal (c. 1300) "coarse woolen cloth," which seems to be from Old Norse vaemal "a woolen fabric of Scandinavia," probably from vae "cloth" + mal "measure."
The meaning "something bundled up tightly" (especially paper currency) is from 1778. To shoot (one's) wad "do all one can do" is recorded from 1914. The immediate source of the expression probably is the sense of "disk of cloth used to hold powder and shot in place in a gun." Wad in slang sense of "a load of semen" is attested from 1920s, and the expression now often is felt in this sense. As a suffix, -wad in 1980s joined -bag, -ball, -head in combinations meaning "disgusting or unpleasant person."
wad (v.)
1570s, "put a wad into," from wad (n.). From 1670s as "form into a wad;" 1759 as "pad or stuff with wadding." Related: Wadded; wadding.
雙語例句
1. Philpott tamped a wad of tobacco into his pipe.
菲爾波特往煙斗里塞了一卷碎煙葉。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Use this wad of cloth to plug the barrel.
用這軟布把桶塞上.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Wad the space with paper, please.
請用報紙填塞空隙.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. He's got a healthy wad salted away.
他已經有為數可觀的積蓄.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
5. For this follow - up study, 133 WAD patients and 223 control subjects were recruited again.