paw
n
1 foot of an animal with claws or nails 爪子
a dog´s paw 狗爪子. =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, page iii.
2 (infml joc or derog 口, 谑或贬) person´s hand 手
Take your dirty little paws off me! 别用你的小黑爪子抓著我! paw, v
1 [Ipr, Tn] ~ (at) sth (of an animal) feel or scratch sth with the paws (指动物)用爪子触或抓挠(某物).
2 [Tn] (of a horse or bull) scrape (the ground) with a hoof (指马或牛)用蹄子刨或扒(地).
3 [Tn] touch (sb/sth) with the hands roughly, awkwardly or in a sexually improper manner 用手胡乱地或猥亵地摸(某人[某物])
He can´t be near a woman without pawing her. 他一接近女人就忍不住动手动脚.