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 羽绒被 a duvet cover (= a cover that you can wash, that you put over a duvet) 羽绒被套
Extra ExamplesHe flung back the duvet and got out of bed. 他忽地掀开羽绒被下了床。 He snuggled down under the warm duvet. 他舒适地躺在暖和的羽绒被里。 She climbed into bed and pulled the duvet over her. 她爬上床,拉过羽绒被盖到身上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- double
- king-size
- single
- …
- pull
- fling back
- kick off
- …
- cover
- beneath a/the duvet
- under a/the duvet
Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French, literally ‘down’.