Paddle

(noun.) a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat.

(noun.) an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board.

(noun.) a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel.

(noun.) small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games.

(verb.) stir with a paddle.

(verb.) propel with a paddle; 'paddle your own canoe'.

(verb.) swim like a dog in shallow water.

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• Her hands lay on the paddle like slumber, she only wanted to see him, like a crystal shadow, to feel his essential presence. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The boat had a single paddle wheel in the middle near the stern, and was intended only for canal use, in the place of horses. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• No practical business man would erect a turbine or paddle wheel without calculating in advance the value of his water power. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Symington’s boat of 1788 (Patrick Miller’s pleasure boat) had side paddle wheels. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Fitch’s first boat employed a system of paddles suspended by their handles from cranks, which, in revolving, gave the paddles a motion simulating that which the Indian imparts to his paddle. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The engines and paddle wheels of the Adirondack are distinctly representative of the modern American side wheel steamer. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Of course, the horse power to be obtained from a stream determines the size of the paddle wheel or turbine which can be run by it. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• I had worn out my boots paddling up office stairs, and I seemed just as far from getting a billet as ever. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• And she paddled softly, lingeringly, longing for him to say something meaningful to her. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Gudrun paddled aimlessly here and there. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Two boats paddled near, their lanterns swinging ineffectually, the boats nosing round. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Gudrun paddled almost imperceptibly. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He watched her as she paddled away. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The paddles were placed in the middle of the boat, near the stern; and there was a double rudder, connected together by rods which were moved by a winch at the head of the vessel. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Fitch’s first boat employed a system of paddles suspended by their handles from cranks, which, in revolving, gave the paddles a motion simulating that which the Indian imparts to his paddle. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Bernouilli, Genevois, and the Marquis de Jouffroy used paddles on the duck’s foot principle, which closed when dragged forward, and expanded when pushed to the rear. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The little pleasure-launch was fussing out from the shore, twanging its music, crowded with people, flapping its paddles. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He had rejected the plan of using paddles or oars, and also of forcing water out of the stern of the vessel, and had retained the idea of the paddle-wheel. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The wash of her paddles grew duller. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The next day I sailed to another island, and thence to a third and fourth, sometimes using my sail, and sometimes my paddles. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.

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