cushy

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cush·y /ˈkʊʃi/ adjective  EASYa cushy job or life is very easy and does not need much effort 〔工作或生活〕轻松的，容易的 I wish I had a nice cushy job like her. 我希望有份她那样的轻松的好工作。 a very cushy number (=an easy job or life) 很轻松惬意的工作[生活]► see thesaurus at easy

Examples from the Corpus

cushy• The caf lounge area has cushy chairs and plenty of caffeinated and herbal remedies to nurture patrons of the arts.• If so, give me back the grunge of the old place and keep the suites and cushy chairs.• Eventually he got a cushy job as a newspaper correspondent in Madrid.• I wouldn't say so, it's a pretty cushy job, driving a nice car around, being paid well.• Being a stewardess is not a cushy lifestyle - it's very hard work.• Peter just landed a cushy new job with a big firm.• What a cushy number, living rent-free in return for taking the dog out once a day!• I sank down on a cushy sofa.• They've had a cushy subsidised existence for too long.• The other kind of project likely to prepay its mortgage was the cushy upmarket property.Origin cushy (1900-2000) Urdu khush “pleasant”, from Persian

cush·y adjectiveChineseSyllable  

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cushy
cush‧y /ˈkʊʃi/ adjectivea cushy job or life is very easy and does not need much effort:
    I wish I had a nice cushy job like her.
    a very cushy number (=an easy job or life)
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ easy not difficult to do, and not needing much effort: an easy task | The house was easy to find.
   ▪ simple easy and not complicated – used about things such as instructions and explanations, or about machines and systems: The system is relatively simple to operate. | a simple recipe for chocolate cake
   ▪ straightforward easy to understand or do, and unlikely to cause you any problems: a straightforward explanation | The calculation is fairly straightforward.
   ▪ user-friendly easy to use – used especially about computers or written information about how to do something: Their website is very user-friendly. | a user-friendly guide to owning a dog
   ▪ undemanding easy because it does not take a lot of effort: It was an undemanding role for someone of his experience.
   ▪ cushy /ˈkʊʃi/ informal a cushy job is easy to do and needs very little effort – often used when you are envious of the person who has it: It’s a pretty cushy job – all she has to do is drive a nice car around. | a cushy number (=a very easy job)
   ▪ mindless so easy that you can do it without thinking – used especially when it makes you feel bored: mindless tasks
   ▪ painless without any difficulties or problems – used especially when you expected something to be much worse: Finding the carhire place at the airport was relatively painless. | Thankfully, there's a wide selection of search tools to make the task relatively painless.
   ▪ be plain sailing British English, be smooth sailing American English to be easy and with no problems that you have to deal with: Things should be plain sailing from now on.

cushyBrE /ˈkʊʃi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkʊʃi/ 🔊 adjective (cush·ier, cushi·est) (informal, often disapproving) very easy and pleasant; needing little or no effort 轻松愉快的；安逸的；不费劲的◆a cushy job不费心劳神的工作●a cushy ˈnumber(BrE) an easy job; a pleasant situation that other people would like 轻松的工作；美差；令人羡慕的轻松状态