English Dictionary

pad down

動詞

くだけた表現 自動詞 他動詞

(intransitive, informal) To spend the night somewhere. / (transitive) To frisk, pat down / (transitive, electronics) To reduce a signal.

日本語の意味

（自動詞・口語）どこかに泊まる、または一晩を過ごす / （他動詞）身体検査する、または体をさぐる（手荷物検査など） / （他動詞・電子工学）信号の強度を下げる

After the late rehearsal, the musicians decided to pad down at the venue instead of heading home.

遅いリハーサルの後、ミュージシャンたちは帰らずに会場に一晩泊まることにした。

意味（1）

(intransitive, informal) To spend the night somewhere.

Since you stay in the main lodge, it's easy to pad down at all hours to a cozy stay before the fireplace, or farther down the hall to the small Gothic-style chapel.

意味（2）

(transitive) To frisk, pat down

His hands padded down the bag almost violently, searching for some trace of what the tarp must certainly be hiding, but found all he had was the tarp.

意味（3）

(transitive, electronics) To reduce a signal.

Amateur radio W40AB has come up with a slick gadget to pad down the gain of high output converters.

pads down （ present singular third-person ）

padding down （ participle present ）

padded down （ participle past ）

padded down （ past ）