comforter

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkʌmfətə/|[ˈkʰʌɱfətʰə]    美 /ˈkʌmfɚtɚ/|[ˈkʰʌɱfɚɾɚ]|/ˈkɐ̞mfətə/|[ˈkʰɐ̞ɱfəɾə]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who comforts someone who is suffering.
    — Let no comforter delight mine ear / But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine.
  2. A padded cover for a bed, duvet, continental quilt. US
    — A vast quilt or comforter was heaped beside the bed, in a broad puddle of congealed blood, thick and shiny on the patterned rugs.
  3. A woollen scarf for winter. UK,dated
    — […] round his neck he wore a flaming red worsted comforter, whereof the straggling ends peeped out beneath his threadbare Newmarket coat, which was very tight and buttoned all the way up.
  4. A pacifier. Australia,New-Zealand

词形变化

comforters plural

词汇关系

衍生词
comfortress Job's comforter

词源

From Middle English comfortour et al, from Anglo-Norman confortour, from Old French conforter. See comfort.
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