\\\"he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter\\\"
(often followed by `of\\\') a large number or amount or extent;
\\\"a batch of letters\\\"
\\\"a deal of trouble\\\"
\\\"a lot of money\\\"
\\\"he made a mint on the stock market\\\"
\\\"see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos\\\"
\\\"it must have cost plenty\\\"
\\\"a slew of journalists\\\"
\\\"a wad of money\\\"
a wad of something chewable as tobacco
Verb:
compress into a wad;
\\\"wad paper into the box\\\"
crowd or pack to capacity;
\\\"the theater was jampacked\\\"
造句
用作名詞(n.)
I took out a tight wad of dividend warrants ringed with a rubber band, and the records in the wad would have gladdened the heart of a broker. 我拿出一迭用橡皮筋扎緊的股息單，記在這迭單子上的數字原本會使一個經紀人非常開心的。
There are a wad of bank notes in the bag. 包里有一疊鈔票。
It\\\'s dangerous to carry a big wad in your pocket. 你在兜里揣這樣一捆錢，很危險。
用作動詞(v.)
The damp tissues had wadded in his pocket. 濕紙巾在他口袋里皺成了一團。
常用短語
wad clay
錳土
bas wad
底墊
base wad
底墊
filler wad
填塞墊
a wad of
一沓; 一捆
felt wad
氈墊
wad cutter
靶孔
over powder wad
蓋藥墊
shoot one\\\'s wad
竭盡全力
組詞
She went round..stuffing wads of torn-up sheets against the worst leaks.
出自：P. Lively
Something rose in her throat, a deep wad of..regret.