a person or thing that makes you feel calmer or less worried 令人感到安慰（或慰藉）的人（或事物） She was hugging a pillow as a comforter. 她抱着一个枕头作为安慰。
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a type of thick cover for a bed 加衬芯床罩 - (North American English) (also duvet British and North American English)
a large cloth bag that is filled with feathers or other soft material and that you have on top of you in bed to keep yourself warm 多纳（羽绒）被；棉被
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French comforteor, from conforter ‘to comfort’, from late Latin confortare ‘strengthen’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + Latin fortis ‘strong’.