cwtch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /kʊtʃ/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cubbyhole or similar hiding place. Wales
    — In front of the pavement again stretched a flat patch of rusty ground, a sort of little platform in the side of the hill where the sagging drying-lines stood and a chickens' cwtch built of orange-boxes.
  2. A hug or cuddle. Wales
    — I am expecting the big man to come round the corner and give me a ‘cwtch’ as he has done beside countless rugby fields.
动词 v.
  1. To hug, cuddle, embrace, or comfort. Wales
  2. To crouch or lie (down). Wales
    — A family are about to have a meal round the kitchen table, so the dog is told to go and “cwtch” in the corner, out of harm’s way.

词形变化

cwtches plural cwtsh alternative cwtches present,singular,third-person cwtching participle,present cwtched participle,past cwtched past cwtsh alternative

词源

词源 1
From Welsh cwtsh (“hug, cuddle; little corner, recess”), from Middle English couche. Doublet of couch.
词源 2
From Welsh cwtsio, from cwtsh + -o (suffix forming verbnouns).
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