featherbed

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mattress stuffed with feathers.
  2. An area of bog where a layer of moss covers a pool of water or mud, presenting a hazard to walkers who may fall through it. (Also in UK and Irish placenames.) UK,especially
    — There are mires, bogs, and 'featherbeds' or quaking bogs. With the first two, look for the tussocks of heavy grass or rushes around the edges, which offer a relatively firm footing, but if you see a stretch of bright green sphagnum moss, for God's sake stay away from it. The moss is a mat covering a pit of wet ooze; […]
  3. A soft, slow pitch of predictable bounce.
动词 v.
  1. To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle. transitive
  2. To engage in featherbedding; to employ more workers than necessary to fulfill a labor union requirement. intransitive

词形变化

featherbeds plural feather bed alternative featherbeds present,singular,third-person featherbedding participle,present featherbedded participle,past featherbedded past feather-bed alternative

词汇关系

相关词
feather one's nest

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English feather
Proto-Germanic *badją
Proto-West Germanic *badi
Old English bedd
Middle English bed
English bed
English featherbed
From feather + bed.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English feather
Proto-Germanic *badją
Proto-West Germanic *badi
Old English bedd
Middle English bed
English bed
English featherbed
From feather + bed.
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