[transitive] (-dd-) (NAmE) to make an amount bigger, especially dishonestly使虚增；使膨胀◆Fashion accessories help to pad profit margins.时尚饰品有助于提高利润率。 ●ˌpad sth ˈoutto make sth such as an article, seem longer or more impressive by adding things that are unnecessary（用废话等）拉长（句子、文章）；拼凑篇幅◆The report was padded out with extracts from previous documents.这份报告是用以往文件拼凑出来的。