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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

垫底 [diàndǐ]
  1. 1. verb To put something else at the bottom.
    她用一块布垫底, 然后才在箱子里放上衣服。
    She put a piece of cloth at the bottom of the case, and then put clothes in.
  2. 2. verb To have a little food to temporarily stave off hunger.
    他已经吃了一块蛋糕垫底了。
    He has eaten a piece of cake to satisfy his hunger.
  3. 3. verb A metaphor which is used to indicate taking something as a base.
    有着学习更差的人垫底, 她就不怕了。
    There are people who are worse at study than her, so she is not afraid.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

垫底 [diàndǐ]
  1. 1. 动 将别的东西放置在底部
    箱子里先铺一层白纸垫底。
  2. 2. 动 暂时先少吃一点食物解饥
    先吃点饼干垫底,一会儿就开饭。
  3. 3. 动 比喻把某种事物作为基础
    有你的这句话垫底,我心里就踏实了。
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Examples

他已经吃了一块蛋糕垫底了。
He has eaten a piece of cake to satisfy his hunger. → 垫底
有着学习更差的人垫底, 她就不怕了。
There are people who are worse at study than her, so she is not afraid. → 垫底
箱子里先铺一层白纸垫底。 → 垫底
先吃点饼干垫底,一会儿就开饭。 → 垫底
有你的这句话垫底,我心里就踏实了。 → 垫底
He studies so hard to avoid finishing at the bottom of the class.
为了不让自己在全班垫底，他刻苦学习。

Word Decomposition

垫
[diàn] 		+ 底
[dǐ]

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