單詞
quilt
英 [kw?lt]
美[kw?lt]
基本信息
- n. 被子；棉被
- vt. 東拼西湊地編；加軟襯料后縫制
- vi. 縫被子
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詞態變化
復數:?quilts;
中文詞源
quilt 被子
來自拉丁語culcita,墊子，床墊，詞源同cushion.原指軟襯里墊子，后用于指被子。
英文詞源
- quilt
- quilt: [13] The ultimate source of quilt is Latin culcita ‘mattress’, which passed into English via Old French cuilte. Its function gradually evolved from that of a mattress for lying on to that of a coverlet for lying under. A long-standing characteristic of such quilts is that their stuffing is held in place by cross-stitching. This does not emerge as a distinct meaning of the verb quilt (‘sew padded cloth in a crisscross pattern’) until the mid-16th century, but it is reflected in the medieval Latin term culcita puncta ‘pricked mattress’ – that is, a mattress that has been stitched.
This passed into English via Old French as counterpoint, which was subsequently altered, by association with pane ‘panel’, to counterpane [17].
=> counterpane - quilt (n.)
- c. 1300, "mattress with soft lining," from Anglo-French quilte, Old French cuilte, coute "quilt, mattress" (12c.), from Latin culcita "mattress, bolster," of unknown origin. Sense of "thick outer bed covering" is first recorded 1590s.
- quilt (v.)
- 1550s, from quilt (n.). Related: Quilted; quilting. Quilting bee attested from 1824 (see bee).
雙語例句
- 1. The quilt has pretty, scalloped edges and intricate quilting.
- 這條被子有漂亮的荷葉飾邊，而且絎縫活做得也很精致。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Mary saved up pieces of cloth to make a quilt.
- 瑪麗存了幾塊布留作棉被用.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The design on this quilt cover is quite elegant.
- 這被面的花兒很大方.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. The patient sat wrapped in a quilt.
- 病人擁被而坐.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. Mother pieced a quilt yesterday.
- 母親昨天補了一床被子.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》