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词根:comfort
adj.comfortable 舒适的,舒服的
comforting 安慰的;令人欣慰的
adv.comfortably 舒服地;安乐地;充裕地
comfortingly 令人欣慰地;安慰地
n.comfort 安慰;舒适;安慰者
comfortable 盖被
comforter 安慰者;圣灵;(美)被子;(英)羊毛围巾
v.comforting 安慰(comfort的ing形式)
vt.comfort 安慰;使(痛苦等)缓和
verb
transitive verb
to give strength and hope to : cheer
comforted by the knowledge that the program will be fully funded
to ease the grief or trouble of : console The bereaved families of the victims were comforted by friends.
The mother comforted her crying child.
noun
strengthening aid:
assistance, support
accused of giving aid and comfort to the enemy
consolation in time of trouble or worry : solace
He turned to her for comfort when he lost his job.
a feeling of relief or encouragement
It's a comfort to know that I can rely on you for help.
contented well-being
a life of ease and comfort
a satisfying or enjoyable experience
Seeing her son again after so many years was a great comfort.
one that gives or brings comfort Her grandchildren were always a great comfort to her.
all the comforts of home
14世纪晚期,“沮丧,绝望”,源自 comfort(n.)+ -less。自1570年代起,“缺乏物质舒适”。相关词汇: Comfortlessly; comfortlessness。
Verb Middle English comforten, conforten "to strengthen spiritually, inspire with courage, exort, cheer up, encourage, invigorate," borrowed from Anglo-French conforter, comforter, borrowed from Late Latin confortāre "to strengthen, restore strength to, invigorate, cure" (Medieval Latin also "to cheer, reassure"), from Latin con- con- + Late Latin -fortāre, verbal derivative of Latin fortis "strong, robust" — more at fort Noun Middle English comfort, counfort "invigoration, encouragement, assurance, feeling of relief, pleasure, gratification," borrowed from Anglo-French comfort, confort, cunfort "solace, encouragement, enjoyment, satisfaction," noun derivative of conforter, comforter "to strengthen, encourage, solace" — more at comfort >entry 1
The first known use of comfort was in the 13th century
comfort1 of 2verb
to give strength and hope to : cheer
to ease the grief or trouble of : console
comfort2 of 2noun
acts or words that comfort
the feeling of the one that is comforted
find comfort in a mother's love
something that makes a person comfortable
the comforts of home
1 Our family was comforted by the outpouring of support from the community.
2 It was such a one as the few wharf and sawmill hands who were married usually lived in—comfortless, primitive, and rickety.
3 Maomao , the advent of you brought too much comfortless and happiness to me!
你的到来带给了我太多的安慰和快乐!
4 I was utterly comfortless; I wept and screamed; and my voice came echoing back from the rocky valleys with a sound that terrified me.
5 He turned to her for comfort and support when he lost his job.
6 He had come to dash her down, to fill her cup of sorrow to the brim, to leave her lonely in the world and comfortless--for never, never could she love another!
7 Oh, what comfortless things are these summer storms!
8 A feast by dogs and men, and a night's halt on the ice followed, to Dr. Kane, at least, both vexatious and comfortless.
9 During those comfortless, sleepless nights, she read many books.
在那些不舒服而又难眠的夜晚,她读了很多书。
10 Then he heard the other door shut, and he turned to the comfortless gloom of his own quarters.
11 “Well, yes, He did say it,” said Praying Mother Washington, “and I’m so glad He told us He wouldn’t leave us comfortless.”
12 Every now and then a dim figure stole up to us with an eager sad whisper, asking, "How goes it? how goes it?" and slipped away down-stairs with the comfortless answer.
13 I learned it two years ago while staring into the comfortless swill at the bottom of my pint in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
14 Next night was passed in the same comfortless position, but on the morning of the 16th the second officer caught sight of a star, and never was there a more welcome omen.
15 Rain began to pour down from a black and comfortless sky.
瓢泼的雨水开始从漆黑不安的天上落下来。
16 His cityscapes are hardly as authoritative as his portraits, but here, too, bizarre color combinations and thickly applied oils offer the comfortless peculiarity that can arise from a lifetime of looking.
17 Where a poor or weakly mother is concerned, and where the puppies are restless, squall, and seem damp and comfortless, it is another matter.
18 He escaped from a disorderly, comfortless home into a wealthy, respectable one.
他从一个混乱而无安慰的家庭逃到一个富有而又受人尊敬的家庭。
19 I found a cozy chair where I could read in comfort.
20 The period setting perhaps makes Davis's twisted visions slightly more palatable, but Hunderby remains sufficiently comfortless that it probably doesn't herald her transition from cult figure to prime-time star.
1 不舒适的
2 不自在的
3 郁郁不乐的
4 不愉快的
rough diabolical ungrateful helluva unsonsy bad warm negative sick uncomfortable sticky cloudy poisonous ill distasteful disagreeable diabolic unpleasing displeasing undiverted kindless thin
5 无乐趣的
8 悲苦的
9 枯燥无味的