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eiderdown

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ei·der·down /ˈaɪdədaʊn $ -dər-/ noun [countable]  DHHa thick warm cover for a bed, filled with duck feathers 鸭绒被 duvet
Examples from the Corpus
eiderdownDot was in a wide high bed with white sheets, two pillows, two blankets and an eiderdown.Sleep covered me like an eiderdown which some invisible nurse had picked up from the floor and put back on the bed.Or him who said he heard the horn, moaning softly like an alarm clock under an eiderdown?We had some hot weather, but with an eiderdown of cloud under the sun.For night travelling, brass bedsteads with handsome eiderdown quilts were provided.And yet his wool suit scrapes through the layer of eiderdown.She stumbled to her feet, clutching the eiderdown around her, and opened her mouth to call to them.Carefully she drew it out through the folds of the eiderdown and held it close to the flame of the nightlight.
Origin eiderdown (1700-1800) Icelandic æthur type of duck + → DOWN2
ei·der·down nounChineseSyllable
for a Corpus cover a warm bed, thick


eiderdown
eiderdown /ˈaɪdədaʊn $ -dər-/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1700-1800
 Language: Icelandic
 Origin: æthur type of duck + down2
a thick warm cover for a bed, filled with duck feathers ⇨ duvet


ei·der·downBrE /ˈaɪdədaʊn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈaɪdərdaʊn/ 🔊 noun (BrE) a thick, warm cover for a bed, filled with feathers or other soft material, and usually placed on top of a sheet and blankets 羽绒被;(用轻软物作芯子的)软被