comfort

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkʌm.fət/    美 /ˈkʌm.fɚt/|[ˈkʰɐɱ.fɚt]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Contentment, ease. countable,uncountable
    — Sleep in comfort with our new mattress.
  2. Something that offers comfort. countable,uncountable
    — Coordinate term: glimmer (2020s, neologism; a happy moment)
  3. A consolation; something relieving suffering or worry. countable,uncountable
    — We still have the spare tire? That's a comfort at least.
  4. A cause of relief or satisfaction. countable,uncountable
    — The outcome of the peace negotiations in Moscow in 1940 was a heavy blow to the young nation, but in the same time a great comfort: at least the independency was preserved.
动词 v.
  1. To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to. transitive
    — Rob comforted Aaron because he was lost and very sad.
  2. To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate. obsolete
    — God's own testimony […] doth not a little comfort and confirm the same.
  3. To assist or help; to aid. obsolete
    — I […] cannot help the noble chevalier: / God comfort him in this necessity!

词形变化

comforts plural comforts present,singular,third-person comforting participle,present comforted participle,past comforted past

词汇关系

近义词
besoothe cheer comfort console solace soothe
反义词
hurt vex
上位词
affect
衍生词
cold comfort comfortability comfortable comfortative comfort break comfort-eat comfort eating comfortfic comfort fic comfort food comfortful comfort girl comfortize comfortless comfort letter comfortment comfort noise comfort room comfortsome comfort station comfort stone comfort stop comfort tone comfortwear comfort woman comfort zone creature comfort discomfort Dutch comfort Job's comfort Lawson comfort criterion letter of comfort lip comfort miscomfort thermal comfort too close for comfort uncomfort comforter comforting
相关词
pity consolation

词源

词源 1
From Middle English comfort, from Old French cunfort, confort, from the stem of Late Latin confortō. It replaced Old English frofor, Middle English frovre.
词源 2
From Middle English comforten, from Old French conforter, from Late Latin confortō (“to strengthen greatly”), itself from Latin con- (“together”) + fortis (“strong”).
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