Cushion

(noun.) a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc..

(noun.) the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle.

(verb.) protect from impact; 'cushion the blow'.

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• The cushion had been removed, and the Bible was not there. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• On some hay on the ground, with a cushion thrown under his head, lay a handsome peasant boy--a boy of not more than seventeen at the most. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Miss Bart accepted the cup of tea, but put back the cushion with an impatient hand. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• He drew her to the arm-chair near the fire, and placed a cushion behind her shoulders. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Meg had a cushion, Jo a book, Beth a basket, and Amy a portfolio. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• She kept the bouquet close to her on the cushion, and wouldn't allow Jip to sit on that side of her at all, for fear he should crush it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Then Holmes hurried with a cushion for his head, and I with brandy for his lips. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The table was of the usual European style --cushions dead and twice as high as the balls; the cues in bad repair. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Her head dropped on the cushions; and she burst out crying. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The new cushions are a great improvement upon the hard marble seats we have been so long accustomed to. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The convertible rails, however, because of their rigidity, are more desirable than the convertible cushions. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• They have immense, flat, forked cushions of feet, that make a track in the dust like a pie with a slice cut out of it. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• His head fell on the sofa cushions. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The cushions are fastened to the inside of the rail by means of a specially prepared glue. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Holmes laughed softly to himself and stretched himself out upon the cushioned seat. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• They return to the house of Cephalus, Polemarchus' father, now in extreme old age, who is found sitting upon a cushioned seat crowned for a sacrifice. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• She herself sat primly and somewhat grimly-tidy in a cushioned rocking-chair, her hands busied with some knitting. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The ideas of William Thomson as to pneumatic and cushioned tires are now, after a lapse of fifty years, generally adopted. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• They cushioned me up on a large sofa by the fire, and then the comely landlady told me that I must travel no further to-night, but must go to bed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Picture me then idle, basking, plump, and happy, stretched on a cushioned deck, warmed with constant sunshine, rocked by breezes indolently soft. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• To the rear of the door is secured the cast iron circular ring A, inside of which lies the Russia iron diaphragm B, cushioned at its edges with a rubber band. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.

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