cushion

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cush·ion1 /ˈkʊʃən/ ●●● S3 noun [countable]  1  DHa cloth bag filled with soft material that you put on a chair or the floor to make it more comfortable 垫子，软垫，靠垫 坐垫 → pillow a velvet cushion 天鹅绒垫子 a cushion cover 垫子套2  PROTECTsomething that stops one thing from hitting another thing 减震垫；缓冲物 Good sports shoes should provide a cushion when running. 好的运动鞋可以在跑动时提供缓冲作用。3  PROTECT[usually singular] something, especially money, that prevents you from being immediately affected by a bad situation 起缓解作用的东西；〔尤指〕防备不时之需的积蓄cushion against Savings can act as a cushion against unemployment. 积蓄可以在失业时救急。4. DGSthe soft rubber edge of the table used for playing billiards or snooker 〔台球桌的〕台边，橡皮边，弹性衬边 →4  See picture of 见图 POOL →5 see picture at 见图 pool1

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cushion• In the familiar blue nightgown and flannel robe, Aunt Mary, propped against a cushion, sat next to me.• She sat cross-legged on a cushion on the floor.• Good shoes should provide a cushion when running on concrete.• Paul settles on a red and black cushion.• To build up a bigger financial cushion for emergencies.• The guests were offered cushions on the floor.• The Red Wings had a three-point cushion in the second period.• I made out what I could: My dear Irene, Thank you again for the cushions.• Benjy pushed the cushions back on to the couch.• The cushion was embroidered with a pattern of golden keys.• She hid it under cushions, in vases, under the stair carpet, and then forgot where she had put it.cushion against• Banks should have money to act as a cushion against possible losses from loans.cushion2 verb [transitive]  1  PROTECTto make the effect of a fall or hit less painful, for example by having something soft in the way 缓冲 His landing was cushioned by the fresh snow that had fallen. 他落地时刚下的雪起到了缓冲作用。2  PROTECTto protect someone from an unpleasant situation or the unpleasant effects of something 使免受冲击，减轻…的影响cushion the blow/impact (of something) generous leaving allowances to help cushion the blow of redundancy 缓和裁员打击的不菲的离职补贴cushion somebody from/against something5 Parents today often feel their children should be cushioned from the outside world.如今的父母常常觉得自己的孩子应该被保护起来免受外部世界的打击。n Many parents try to cushion their children from the outside world.→ See Verb table

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cushion• Mattresses on the ground cushioned his fall.• Parachutes, a pair of small rockets and air bags will cushion its impact.• To cushion the blow, wages and pensions were increased.• Would she ring the warning bell that cushioned the little fellow from the worst of it?• But the spoils are enough to cushion the realisation that she will never be totally free of this marriage.cushion the blow/impact (of something)• It would take all we had just to cushion the impact.• The thick, air-filled bone of the skull helps to cushion the blow.• There was no way to cushion the blow.• Even where price increases have taken place, retailers with good stocks may be able to cushion the blow for a while.• The law will cushion the blow for homeowners by gradually phasing in the tax increases.• Additionally, two presidential decrees on March 23 had been designed to cushion the blow of the price rises.• To cushion the blow, wages and pensions were increased.• Many firms, it says, cushion the blow with new bonus schemes or lump sum payments.Origin cushion1 (1300-1400) Old French coissin, from Vulgar Latin coxinus, from Latin coxa “hip”

cush·ion1 nouncushion2 verbLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable  

material soft you put filled bag a that with Corpus cloth

cushion

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cush‧ion¹ S3 /ˈkʊʃən/ noun [countable]
1. a cloth bag filled with soft material that you put on a chair or the floor to make it more comfortable ⇨ pillow:
    a velvet cushion
    a cushion cover
2. something that stops one thing from hitting another thing:
    Good sports shoes should provide a cushion when running.
3. [usually singular] something, especially money, that prevents you from being immediately affected by a bad situation
    cushion against
    Savings can act as a cushion against unemployment.
4. the soft rubber edge of the table used for playing billiards or snooker

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cushion² verb [transitive]
1. to make the effect of a fall or hit less painful, for example by having something soft in the way:
    His landing was cushioned by the fresh snow that had fallen.
2. to protect someone from an unpleasant situation or the unpleasant effects of something
    cushion the blow/impact (of something)
    generous leaving allowances to help cushion the blow of redundancy
    cushion somebody from/against something
    Parents today often feel their children should be cushioned from the outside world.