padding

noun

/ˈpædɪŋ/

[uncountable]

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soft material that is placed inside something to make it more comfortable or to change its shape襯料；襯墊
- The shoes have thick padding at the ankle to offer greater support.這雙鞋在腳踝處有厚厚的襯墊，以提供更大的支撐。
- The actor's cheeks were made rounder for the part using cotton wool padding.這位演員的臉頰用棉絮墊得更圓了。
words that are used to make a speech, piece of writing, etc. longer, but that do not contain any interesting information贅語；廢話；湊篇幅的文字
- Some of the quotations are useful, others are little more than padding.有些引文很有用，其他的只不過是些空話。