1. | 软垫；坐垫；靠垫a cloth bag filled with soft material or feathers that is used, for example, to make a seat more comfortable |
matching curtains and cushions 颜色协调的窗帘与靠垫 | |
a floor cushion(= a large cushion that you put on the floor to sit on) 地板坐垫 | |
a pile of scatter cushions(= small cushions , often in bright colours, that you put on chairs, etc.) 一堆小靠垫 | |
a cushion of moss on a rock 岩石上的一层苔藓 |
2. | （隔离两个表面的）垫a layer of sth between two surfaces that keeps them apart |
A hovercraft rides on a cushion of air. 气垫船悬浮在气垫上行驶。 |
3. | [ususing] ~ (against sth) 起保护（或缓冲）作用的事物something that protects you against sth unpleasant that might happen |
His savings were a comfortable cushion against financial problems. 他的积蓄好比一个舒适的垫子，可以缓解拮据之苦。 | |
The team built up a safe cushion of two goals in the first half. 球队上半场射进两球，吃了颗定心丸。 |
4. | （台球桌内侧边缘的）弹性衬里the soft inside edge along each side of the table, that the balls bounce off |
1. | ~ sth （跌倒或碰撞时）起缓冲作用，缓和冲击to make the effect of a fall or hit less severe |
My fall was cushioned by the deep snow. 积雪很厚，我跌得不重。 |
2. | ~ sb/sth (against/from sth) 缓和打击to protect sb/sth from being hurt or damaged or from the unpleasant effects of sth |
The south of the country has been cushioned from the worst effects of the recession. 国家南部保护得好，没有受到经济衰退造成的最恶劣影响。 | |
He broke the news of my brother's death to me, making no effort to cushion the blow(= make the news less shocking) . 他把我弟弟死亡的消息直接告诉了我，没有试图减轻此事对我的打击。 |
3. | [usupass] ~ sth （用垫子）使柔和，使松软to make sth soft with a cushion |
