a square or rectangular piece of cloth filled with soft material, used to rest your head on in bed 枕头 She lay back against the pillows. 她半躺半坐靠在枕头上。 pillow talk (= conversations in bed between lovers) 枕边细语 He lay back on the grass using his backpack as a pillow. 他用背包当枕头仰卧在草地上。 The nurse plumped up the pillows. 护士把枕头拍松。 a pillow fight (= a game in which people hit each other with pillows) 枕头大战 She buried her head in the pillow and wept. 她把头埋在枕头里哭泣。 She plumped up the pillows for her daughter. 她为女儿把枕头拍松。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- down
- feather
- satin
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- fluff
- fluff up
- plump
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- case
- slip
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- (North American English) (also cushion British and North American English)
a cloth bag filled with soft material or feathers that is used, for example, to make a seat more comfortable 枕头
Word OriginOld English pyle, pylu, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch peluw and German Pfühl, based on Latin pulvinus ‘cushion’.