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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- cushion [ 'kυʃən] [ 'kuʃən]
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- 1. noun 垫（子）；坐垫，褥垫，跪垫，靠垫
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2.
noun
垫状物，（花边织造中用的）小枕头衬垫
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3.
noun
（猪等的）臀部软肉
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4.
noun
[mechanics]
软垫，胶垫，弹性垫，减震垫；垫层，垫块；缓冲（气）垫；缓冲器，减震器；（台球台子的）橡皮边；软鞋垫
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5.
noun
（经济中）起缓冲作用的事物，提供舒适的东西；缓解病痛的药物（或治疗）
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6.
vt.
给…安上垫子
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7.
vt.
把…放在垫子上，使坐于或被置于垫子上；用垫子支撑起
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8.
vt.
隐藏（在垫子下），隐忍；掩蔽，掩盖（丑事等）；压制，抑制
- 9. vt. 使减少震动（或噪声）；缓和…的冲击；对…起缓冲作用，对…起防止震动、冲击或伤害的作用，对…起缓和病痛（或减轻悲痛等）的作用
Collins English-English Dictionary
- cushion ['kυʃən]
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1.
n
a bag made of cloth, leather, plastic, etc, filled with feathers, air, or other yielding substance, used for sitting on, leaning against, etc
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2.
n
something resembling a cushion in function or appearance, esp one to support or pad or to absorb shock
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3.
n
the resilient felt-covered rim of a billiard table
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4.
n
another name for pillow
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5.
n
short for air cushion
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6.
n
a capital, used in Byzantine, Romanesque, and Norman architecture, in the form of a bowl with a square top
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7.
vt.
[tr]
to place on or as on a cushion
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8.
vt.
to provide with cushions
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9.
vt.
to protect, esp against hardship or change
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10.
vt.
to check the motion of (a mechanism) gently, esp by the compression of trapped fluid in a cylinder
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11.
vt.
to provide with a means of absorbing shock
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12.
vt.
[Etymology]
from Latin culcita mattress
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1.
n
a bag made of cloth, leather, plastic, etc, filled with feathers, air, or other yielding substance, used for sitting on, leaning against, etc
Examples
- a cushion stuck with pin
- 插满针的针扎 → stick
- The tightrope walkers use some sorts of net to cushion themselves in case they fall.
- 走钢丝表演者用使用某种网状物，以便在失足时减轻身体伤害。 → cushion
- denim cushion covers → denim
- 弹簧插座
- cushion socket → 插座
- 椅垫
- chair cushion → 垫
- 沙发垫子
- sofa cushion → 垫子
- 柔软的垫子
- a soft cushion → 柔软
- 把手放在脉枕上, 我给你号脉。
- Put your hand on the wrist cushion. I’ll take your pulse. → 脉枕
- 有了这个褥垫, 椅子坐起来舒服多了。
- With this cushion, the chair will be more comfortable to sit on. → 褥垫
- 他在单位的坐垫不知道被哪个同事拿走了。
- One of his colleagues took away his cushion at the company. → 座垫
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