comfortable

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
发音 kŭmf′tə-bəl

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter. US
形容词 adj.
  1. Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.
    — This is the most comfortable bed I’ve ever slept in.
  2. In a state of comfort and content.
    — What a great guestroom! I'll be quite comfortable here.
  3. Confident; relaxed; not worried about someone or something.
    — Time spent waiting offshore / The calm before the storm / My take from you is simple / So heal your fear / To heal your fear / You're such a comfortable liar
  4. Amply sufficient, satisfactory.
    — A comfortable income should suffice to consider oneself rich.
  5. Comforting, providing comfort; consolatory. obsolete
    — he was going to make away himself; but meeting by chance his master Plotinus, who, perceiving by his distracted looks all was not well, urged him to confess his grief; which when he had heard, he used such comfortable speeches, that he redeemed him e faucibus Erebi[…].
  6. Strong; vigorous; valiant. obsolete
    — Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end.
  7. Serviceable; helpful. obsolete
    — Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her.

词形变化

comfortabler comparative more comfortable comparative comfortablest superlative most comfortable superlative comfterble / comftorble alternative,pronunciation-spelling comfortables plural comfterble / comftorble alternative,pronunciation-spelling

词源

词源 1
From Middle English comfortable, from Old French confortable, from conforter. By surface analysis, comfort + -able.
词源 2
From Middle English comfortable, from Old French confortable, from conforter. By surface analysis, comfort + -able.
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