wadding
/ˈwɒdɪŋ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈwɑːdɪŋ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈwä-diŋ How to pronounce wadding (audio)/ (ame, mw)
wadding — 名詞
1. Soft, often fluffy material that is placed inside a container or a piece of clot
填塞材料
用於填充保護或塑形的柔軟材料
Soft, often fluffy material that is placed inside a container or a piece of clothing to protect its contents or to give it a particular shape.
Shirin packed the vase with wadding before placing it in the box.
Shirin 在把花瓶放進箱子前，先用填塞材料把它包好。
collocation: packed with wadding
The tailor used wadding to give the jacket shoulders a neat, rounded shape.
那位裁縫用填塞材料讓外套的肩部呈現整齊的圓弧形狀。
use of wadding for shaping garments
Stefan gently wrapped the old photograph in layers of soft wadding.
Stefan 小心翼翼地把舊照片包在好幾層軟質填塞材料裡。
Adaeze put wadding inside the cloth bag to help it keep its shape.
Adaeze 在布包裡放了些填塞材料，讓它保持形狀。
- padding
more general — padding can be any soft layer for comfort or protection (e.g. seat padding), while wadding is specifically loose or sheet material used to fill a space.
- stuffing
common for cushions and toys; stuffing is often bulkier and less uniform than wadding.
- filling
focuses on the function of occupying space rather than the material itself.
用法筆記
Wadding is uncountable — you cannot say 'a wadding' or 'waddings'. It is often made of cotton, wool, or synthetic fibres and is cut into sheets or pulled into loose handfuls for use.