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cushion

美音:[´ku:ʃən ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.垫子,软垫,衬垫 v.加衬垫

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cushion为小学词汇   词频:6244

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形容词:cushiony 动词过去式:cushioned 过去分词:cushioned 现在分词:cushioning 第三人称单数:cushions

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pillow  soften  support    

cushion


/'kʊʃn; `kuʃən/
n
1 small bag filled with soft material, feathers, etc, used to make a seat more comfortable, to kneel on, etc (坐、跪等时用的)软垫, 靠垫, 垫子.
2 mass of sth soft 柔软如垫之物
*a cushion of moss on the rock 岩石上的一层青苔
* A hovercraft rides on a cushion of air. 气垫船悬浮在气垫上行驶.
* a `pin-cushion 针插
* (fig 比喻) The three goals we scored in the first half give us a useful cushion (ie protect us) against defeat. 我们在上半场比赛中射进的三个球可以使我们稳操胜券.
3 soft bouncy lining of the inside edges of a snooker or billiard table, from which balls rebound (台球台内侧边缘的)弹性衬里. =>illus at snooker 见snooker之插图.

v
1 [Tn] soften (sth) by absorbing the effect of impact 对(某事物)起缓冲作用
*Powerful shock absorbers cushion our landing. 有效的减震装置缓解了我们着陆时的冲撞力.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb/sth (against/from sth) (fig 比喻) protect sb/sth (from sth harmful), sometimes excessively 保护某人[某事物](有时过分)
*a child who has been cushioned from unpleasant experiences 备受关怀而生活得无忧无虑的孩 子
* Wage increases have cushioned us from the effects of higher prices. 工资提高後减轻了物价上涨对我们的影响.
1. The bush acted as a cushion to my fall.
    灌木在我摔下时起了缓冲作用。

2. Riding on its air cushion over a single rail, which it never touches, at speeds up to 300 m.p.h.
    靠气垫在单轨上行驶而不接触轨道,时速可达每小时300英里。

3. His answer was to lift the vessel out of the water by making it ride on a cushion of air, no more than one or two feet thick. This is done by a great number of ring-shaped air jets on the bottom of the craft.
    他的解决办法是把船体提离水面,让船在一个气垫上行驶,气垫只有一两英尺厚。船底装上大量环状喷气嘴以实现这一目的。

4. It was the idea of supporting a craft on a ´pad´, or cushion, of low-pressure air, ringed with a curtain of higher pressure air.
    他的设想是:用一个低压空气或软垫来支撑船体,软垫周围用高压空气环绕。

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