an animal's foot having claws and pads 爪子 ■(chiefly derogatory)a person's hand (主贬)手 touch her with your filthy paws and I'll ram my fist into your face. 你要是用你那肮脏的手爪碰她,我就会用拳头狠揍你的脸。
verb
[with obj.](of an animal) feel or scrape with a paw or hoof (动物)用爪抓;用蹄触 the horse rose on its strong haunches, its forelegs pawing the air. 这匹马靠着强健的后腿站起,前蹄在空中踢腾。 [no obj.]young dogs may paw at the floor and whine. 小狗可能用爪子扒地板并狺狺吠叫。 ■(informal)(of a person) touch or handle awkwardly or roughly; touch (someone) in a lascivious and offensive way (非正式)(人)笨拙(或粗鲁)地摆弄;猥亵地摸弄(某人) some overweight, ugly Casanova had tried to paw her. 一些体态臃肿,相貌丑陋的好色之徒想方设法占她的便宜。
语源
Middle English: from Old French poue, probably of Germanic origin and related to Dutch poot