• vt. 抓，扒；親昵地撫摸
• vi. 用爪子抓；翻找
• n. 爪子；手

來自古法語powe,爪子，拳頭，詞源不詳。來自PIE*ped,腳，詞源同foot,biped.

paw (n.)

c. 1300, from Old French powe, poe "paw, fist," of uncertain origin. Evidence points to a Gallo-Roman root form *pauta which probably is related to the source of patten.

paw (v.)

"use the hands roughly," c. 1600, from paw (n.). Related: Pawed; pawing. Middle English had pawen "to touch or strike with the paw" (c. 1400).

1. The dogs continued to paw and claw frantically at the chain mesh.

那些狗繼續用爪子瘋狂地抓鐵絲網。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He shook Keaton's hand with his big paw.

他用他的大爪子握了握基頓的手。

來自柯林斯例句

3. He removes a thorn from a lion's paw.

他從獅子腳掌上拔下一根刺。

來自柯林斯例句

4. It's evident that he wants to make a cat's paw of you.

很明顯,他是在利用你.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. I'll fight you with one paw tied behind my back.

我會用一只爪子綁在背后跟你們打.

來自英語連讀（第二部分）