eiderdown

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The down of the eider duck, used for stuffing pillows and quilts. uncountable
    — A great sea lifted us high and, crashing down with a deafening roar, carried us swiftly along on light foam as soft as eiderdown.
  2. A quilt stuffed with this down. countable
    — The landlord was near spraining his wrist, and I told him for heaven’s sake to quit—the bed was soft enough to suit me, and I did not know how all the planing in the world could make eider down of a pine plank.

词形变化

eiderdowns plural eider down alternative

词源

From eider + down.
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