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padding in [thing]
指物件内部的软填充材料。
The padding in these shoes has worn thin.
这些鞋子里的衬垫已经磨薄了。
填充物
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
填充物
Soft material used to fill cushions, clothing, etc.
The padding in these shoes has worn thin.
这些鞋子里的衬垫已经磨薄了。
用于坐垫等的柔软填充材料。
Soft filling material used in cushions etc.
添加到记录中以使其达到固定长度的额外字符,如空格。
Extra characters such as spaces added to a record to fill it out to a fixed length.
为隐藏消息的开头、结尾或长度而添加到消息中的额外文本。
Extraneous text added to a message for the purpose of concealing its beginning, ending, or length.
用来填充空间的任何价值不大的东西。
Anything of little value used to fill up space.
The jacket has extra padding in the shoulders to give it a more structured look.
这件夹克在肩部有额外的填充物，使其看起来更有型。
His speech was full of padding and contained very little substance.
他的演讲充满了废话，几乎没有实质内容。
They added padding to the travel expenses report to inflate the total cost.
他们向差旅费报告中添加了虚报费用，以抬高总成本。
指物件内部的软填充材料。
The padding in these shoes has worn thin.
这些鞋子里的衬垫已经磨薄了。
强调夹在两物之间起保护作用的填充物。
There is thick padding between the wooden frame and the glass.
木框和玻璃之间有厚厚的衬垫。
指文章或演讲中只为凑篇幅、没有实质内容的部分。
The last chapter is mostly padding.
最后一章大部分是凑数内容。
计算机数据中用来补足固定长度、便于对齐的字符。
The program inserts spaces as padding at the end of each fixed-length field.
程序在每个定长字段末尾插入空格作为填充。
Not this
I bought a padding for the chair.
Use this
I bought some padding for the chair.
padding 表示“填充材料”时是不可数名词，不能用不定冠词 a 来修饰；表示“一些”可用 some，或直接用零冠词。
Not this
The file has 100 bytes padding.
Use this
The file has 100 bytes of padding.
在度量单位（如 bytes）后需要用 of 再连接不可数名词 padding，构成“100 bytes of padding”这种固定搭配，不能省略 of。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
保护性衬垫
The knee pads have protective padding inside.
护膝内有保护性衬垫。
泡沫衬垫
Foam padding keeps the equipment safe during transport.
泡沫衬垫可在运输过程中保护设备。
坐垫填充物
The chair's seat padding has become thin.
椅子的坐垫填充物变薄了。
填充字符
The system adds padding characters to each record.
系统向每条记录添加填充字符。
消息填充
Message padding prevents an attacker from guessing the message length.
消息填充可防止攻击者猜出消息长度。
在账单中虚增费用；虚报账目
The mechanic was fired for padding the bill with unnecessary repairs.
那名修理工因在账单中虚增不必要的维修项目而被解雇。
给简历注水；虚写简历
She got the job by padding her résumé with degrees she never earned.
她靠往简历里注水、写入并未获得的学位，得到了那份工作。
用多余内容凑数；把（文章或讲话）拉长
She spends too much time padding out her essays with quotations.
她花太多时间用引文把文章凑篇幅。
Use padding naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
由pad（垫）联想：往缝隙塞垫子，padding即填充物。
语域：mixed 常见场景：填充材料（坐垫、护具等）、计算机与数据处理（补齐长度、加密等）、文章或讲话中的凑数内容 padding 作“填充材料”解时是日常中性词；在计算机或数据处理语境中属技术/正式用法；指“凑数内容”时多带贬义，比较常见于非正式评论。实际使用时需根据搭配和语境判断。
Genuine rhymes with padding (/ˈpædɪŋ/): adding (/ˈædɪŋ/) and cladding (/ˈklædɪŋ/), which share the same stressed vowel /æ/ and the ending /dɪŋ/. Be careful with lookalikes that end in -ding but sound different: wedding /ˈwɛdɪŋ/, fading /ˈfeɪdɪŋ/, riding /ˈraɪdɪŋ/, building /ˈbɪldɪŋ/ have different vowel sounds.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.