資料來源 : pyDict

墊子,橡皮軟墊加墊褥,緩沖,掩蓋

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k??sh"?n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cushioned}
   (-?nd); p. pr. & vb. {Cushioning}.]
   1. To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.

            Many who are cushioned on thrones would have
            remained in obscurity.                --Bolingbroke.

   2. To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise.

   3. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.

   {Cushioned hammer}, a dead-stroke hammer. See under
      {Dead-stroke}.

Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k??sh"?n), n. [OE. cuischun, quisshen, OF.
   coissin, cuissin, F. coussin, fr. (assumed) LL. culcitinum,
   dim. of L. culcita cushion, mattress, pillow. See {Quilt},
   and cf. {Counterpoint} a {coverlet}.]
   1. A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material,
      and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad.

            Two cushions stuffed with straw, the seat to raise.
                                                  --Dryden.

   2. Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use; as:
      (a) a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf;
      (b) a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam
          engine to receive the impact of the piston;
      (c) the elastic edge of a billiard table.

   3. A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; --
      called also {cushion dance}. --Halliwell.

   {Cushion capital}.(Arch.) A capital so sculptured as to
      appear like a cushion pressed down by the weight of its
      entablature.
      (b) A name given to a form of capital, much used in the
          Romanesque style, modeled like a bowl, the upper part
          of which is cut away on four sides, leaving vertical
          faces.

   {Cushion star} (Zo["o]l.) a pentagonal starfish belonging to
      {Goniaster}, {Astrogonium}, and other allied genera; -- so
      called from its form.

資料來源 : WordNet®

cushion
     n 1: a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses; "the
          old car needed a new set of shocks" [syn: {shock
          absorber}, {shock}]
     2: a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as
        feathers or foam rubber etc.
     v : protect from impact; "cushion the blow" [syn: {buffer}, {soften}]