cushion

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n. 垫子, 橡皮软垫 vt. 加垫褥, 缓冲, 掩盖

发音

CA /ˈkʊʃən/
US /ˈkʊʃən/
AU /ˈkʊʃən/
NZ /ˈkʊʃən/
UK /ˈkʊʃən/
其它 /ˈkʉʃən/
SCOT /ˈkʉʃən/

词形变化

cushions 复数 cushions cushioned cushioning cushions 三单 cushioning 现在分词 cushioned 过去式 cushioned 过去分词

别名

quishan

教材释义与例句

名词

垫子;起缓解作用之物;(猪等的)臀肉;银行储蓄

a cloth bag filled with soft material that you put on a chair or the floor to make it more comfortable

动词

给…安上垫子;把…安置在垫子上;缓和…的冲击

to make the effect of a fall or hit less painful, for example by having something soft in the way

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support.

    垫子

    软垫

    靠垫

    箍臣

    咕顺

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  2. 2.

    A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support.

    A throw pillow.

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  3. 3.

    A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support.

    A thin, flat pad used on hard chairs and sometimes toilet seats.

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  4. 4.

    Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.

    A pad on which gilders cut gold leaf.

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  5. 5.

    Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.

    A mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston.

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  6. 6.

    Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.

    The lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back.

    可数 不可数 体育 游戏
  7. 7.

    Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.

    The pillow used in making bone lace.

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  8. 8.

    Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.

    An engraver's pad.

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  9. 9.

    Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.

    A pad supporting a woman's hair.

    可数 历史 不可数
  10. 10.

    a sufficient quantity of an intangible object (like points or minutes) to allow for some of those points, for example, to be lost without hurting one's chances for successfully completing an objective.

    可数 比喻 不可数
  11. 11.

    a sufficient quantity of an intangible object (like points or minutes) to allow for some of those points, for example, to be lost without hurting one's chances for successfully completing an objective.

    Money kept in reserve.

    可数 比喻 不可数 商务 金融
  12. 12.

    Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.

    The rubber of an electrical machine.

    可数 历史 不可数
  13. 13.

    The dancer in the cushion dance who currently holds the cushion, or the dance itself.

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v.
  1. 1.

    To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.

  2. 2.

    To absorb or deaden the impact of.

    比喻

    to cushion a blow

  3. 3.

    To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.

    比喻 及物
  4. 4.

    To furnish with cushions.

    to cushion a sofa

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词源

From Middle English quysshyn, from later Old French coissin (modern coussin), from Vulgar Latin *coxīnus (“seat pad”), derived from Latin coxa (“hip, thigh”) (with the suffix possibly after Latin pulvīnus (“pillow”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs- (“joint, limb”).

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