PADDLE

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Traducere în limba română

paddle¹ I. substantiv

1. (mar.) zbat; padelă; vâslă (care nu se fixează pe furcă).

2. vâslit, lopătare

3. lopată; lopăţică (pentru amestecat); mai (de bătut rufe).

4. (zool.) picior palmat.

5. (iht.) înotătoare.

paddle¹ II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a vâsli la (o canoe) cu o padelă;

to paddle one’s own canoe a se bizui pe sine însuşi; a duce singur la capăt ceva.

2. a bate (rufele) cu bătătorul / cu maiul.

3. (amer.) a trage o bătaie (unui copil) cu băţul.

paddle¹ II. verb B. intranzitiv

a vâsli încet.

paddle² verb intranzitiv

1. a se bălăci, a se bălăcări (în apă, în mâl etc.).

2. (despre copii) a merge cu paşi nesiguri / clătinându-se.

3. to paddle about / in / on a bate tarapanaua cu degetele pe (masă etc.); a atinge uşor cu degetele.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

My sail was likewise composed of the skins of the same animal; but I made use of the youngest I could get, the older being too tough and thick; and I likewise provided myself with four paddles.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

Well, now, thought I to myself, it is plain I must lie where I am and not disturb the balance; but it is plain also that I can put the paddle over the side and from time to time, in smooth places, give her a shove or two towards land.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

"He could dip paddle all of a day and night and never stop for the need of rest. He was wise in the way of the salmon and in the way of the water. He was very wise."

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

Up I got, was welcomed almost instantly by another cloud of spray, but this time stuck to my purpose and set myself, with all my strength and caution, to paddle after the unsteered HISPANIOLA.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

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