cushion
US: /ˈkʊʃən/
UK: /kˈʊʃən/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
cushion /'kuʃn/- danh từ
- cái đệm, cái nệm
- đường biên bàn bi a
- cái độn tóc
- (kỹ thuật) miếng đệm đầu trục, cuxinê
- (cơ khí) hơi đệm (hơi còn lại trong xylanh để đệm pittông)
- thịt mông (lợn...)
- kẹo hình nệm
- ngoại động từ
- lót nệm
- cushioned seats: ghế có lót nệm, ghế nệm
- đặt ngồi trên nệm; che bằng nệm; (nghĩa bóng) nâng niu, chiều chuộng
- làm nhẹ bớt, làm yếu đi
- to cushion a shock: làm cho sự va chạm yếu đi
- dập đi; dìm đi; làm cho yếu đi (lời kêu nài, than vãn...)
- lót nệm
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 (AmE also pillow) a fabric bag filled with soft material or feathers that is used, for example, to make a seat more comfortable: matching curtains and cushions + a floor cushion (= a large cushion that you put on the floor to sit on) + a pile of scatter cushions (= small cushions, often in bright colours, that you put on chairs, etc.) + (figurative) a cushion of moss on a rock
2 a layer of sth between two surfaces that keeps them apart: A hovercraft rides on a cushion of air. + Underlay forms a cushion between the carpet and the floor, to minimize wear.
3 [usually sing.] ~ (against sth) something that protects you against sth unpleasant that might happen: His savings were a comfortable cushion against financial problems. + The team built up a safe cushion of two goals in the first half.
4 (in the game of BILLIARDS, etc.) the soft inside edge along each side of the table, that the balls bounce off
+ verb [VN]
1 to soften the effect of a fall or hit: My fall was cushioned by the deep snow.
2 ~ sb/sth (against / from sth) to protect sb/sth from harm or the unpleasant effects of sth: The south of the country has been cushioned from the worst effects of the recession. + He broke the news of my brother's death to me, making no effort to cushion the blow (= make the news less shocking).
3 [usually passive] to make sth soft with a cushion
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 pillow, bolster, pad:
The women of the harem sat on cushions on the floor.
v.
2 soften, absorb, mitigate, reduce, buffer, insulate, mollify, lessen:
They offered me a month's paid holiday to help cushion the blow of being transferred.
Collocation
ADJ.
plump, soft
He sank back into the soft cushions of the sofa.
| sofa
VERB + CUSHION
plump (up)
She plumped up the sofa cushions before the guests arrived.
CUSHION + NOUN
cover
PREP.
on a/the ~
I rested my elbow on a cushion.
Concise dictionary
cushions|cushioned|cushioning'kʊʃnnoun
+a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
+a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.
verb
+protect from impact
