Pillow
['pɪləʊ] or ['pɪlo]
解释:
(noun.) a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person.
(verb.) rest on or as if on a pillow; 'pillow your head'.
编辑:珀西--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Anything used to support the head of a person when reposing; especially, a sack or case filled with feathers, down, hair, or other soft material.
(n.) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.
(n.) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
(n.) A kind of plain, coarse fustian.
(v. t.) To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support; as, to pillow the head.
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解释:
n. a cushion filled with feathers &c. for resting the head on: any cushion: a block of metal for bearing the end of a shaft or the end of a bowsprit: the socket of a pivot.—v.t. to lay or rest on for support.—v.i. to rest the head on a pillow.—ns. Pill′ow-bier -beer -case -slip a cover which can be drawn over a pillow; Pill′ow-cup a last cup before going to bed.—adjs. Pill′owed supported by or provided with a pillow; Pill′owy like a pillow: soft.
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娱乐性解释:
To dream of a pillow, denotes luxury and comfort. For a young woman to dream that she makes a pillow, she will have encouraging prospects of a pleasant future.
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例句:
- I took my wages to my pillow, and passed the night counting them. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Floyd turned over the command to Pillow, who declined it. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Then suddenly realising the exposure, he broke into a scream and threw himself down with his face to the pillow. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- Thus for ten days Little Dorrit bent over his pillow, laying her cheek against his. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Replacing her daughter on the couch, she smoothed the pillow and spread the sheet. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Somewhat reassured, Emmeline settled herself back on her pillow. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- Now, said the woman, when she had raised his head on a roll of damaged cotton, which served for a pillow, there's the best I can do for you. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- Do you hate your boy, and want to fire pillows at him? 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Simmons sat propped up by the pillows and smoked. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- In the presence of the two witnesses, I gave him the dose, and shook up his pillows, and told him to lie down again quietly and wait. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- The child lay panting on her pillows, as one exhausted,--the large clear eyes rolled up and fixed. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- The jingling piano at last is silent, and the Harmonic friends rally round their pillows. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Lily, leaning back among her pillows, gazed musingly at his letter. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- My aunt, the best and most cheerful of nurses, would trudge after us, a moving mass of shawls and pillows. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- No matter how I fell asleep; I awoke pillowed and covered. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- It's a well-earned rest: I'll say that for myself, she continued, sinking down with a sigh of content on the pillowed lounge near the fire. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
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