cushion
美 [ˈkʊʃ(ə)n] 
英 ['kʊʃ(ə)n]
- n.靠垫；软垫；坐垫；（隔离两个表面的）垫
- v.缓和冲击；缓和打击；（用垫子）使柔和
- 网络缓冲；垫层；座垫
词形变化
复数：cushions 现在分词：cushioning 过去式：cushioned 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
1. | 软垫；坐垫；靠垫a cloth bag filled with soft material or feathers that is used, for example, to make a seat more comfortable |
| matching curtains and cushions 颜色协调的窗帘与靠垫 |
| a floor cushion(= a large cushion that you put on the floor to sit on) 地板坐垫 |
| a pile of scatter cushions(= small cushions , often in bright colours, that you put on chairs, etc.) 一堆小靠垫 |
| a cushion of moss on a rock 岩石上的一层苔藓 |
2. | （隔离两个表面的）垫a layer of sth between two surfaces that keeps them apart |
| A hovercraft rides on a cushion of air. 气垫船悬浮在气垫上行驶。 |
3. | [ususing] ~ (against sth) 起保护（或缓冲）作用的事物something that protects you against sth unpleasant that might happen |
| His savings were a comfortable cushion against financial problems. 他的积蓄好比一个舒适的垫子，可以缓解拮据之苦。 |
| The team built up a safe cushion of two goals in the first half. 球队上半场射进两球，吃了颗定心丸。 |
4. | （台球桌内侧边缘的）弹性衬里the soft inside edge along each side of the table, that the balls bounce off |
1. | ~ sth （跌倒或碰撞时）起缓冲作用，缓和冲击to make the effect of a fall or hit less severe |
| My fall was cushioned by the deep snow. 积雪很厚，我跌得不重。 |
2. | ~ sb/sth (against/from sth) 缓和打击to protect sb/sth from being hurt or damaged or from the unpleasant effects of sth |
| The south of the country has been cushioned from the worst effects of the recession. 国家南部保护得好，没有受到经济衰退造成的最恶劣影响。 |
| He broke the news of my brother's death to me, making no effort to cushion the blow(= make the news less shocking) . 他把我弟弟死亡的消息直接告诉了我，没有试图减轻此事对我的打击。 |
3. | [usupass] ~ sth （用垫子）使柔和，使松软to make sth soft with a cushion |
英汉解释
n. | 3. 【机】缓冲垫层,汽垫,胶垫,缓冲器;【植】叶枕 |
v. | 1. 把...摆在坐垫[桌垫]上;给...安上垫子,用软垫垫上,给...装上汽垫 |
英英解释
例句
Whether, and how much, a bank's capital cushion should be allowed to fall.
无论如何、无论多少，银行的缓冲资本必须得下调。
Now, as a fierce fiscal retrenchment begins, the bank is expected to cushion the impact by keeping monetary policy looser for longer.
如今，英国开始实施严格的财政紧缩措施，预计银行将在更长一段时间里保持宽松的货币政策以缓和由此带来的冲击。
His answer was to lift the vessel out of the water by making it ride on a cushion of air, no more than one or two feet thick.
他的解决办法是，用船底下一英尺或二英尺厚的气垫将船托出水面。
It was a cushion that turned out to be the difference between surviving intact and becoming a ward of the state.
最终，这笔资金成为福特可以完整生存或沦为国家援助对象的关键。
Politeness is like an air cushion; there may be noting in it, but it eases our jolts wonderfully.
礼貌就像是一只气垫：里面可能什么都没有，但却能奇妙地减轻颠簸。
An air cushion disc is adopted as a walking mechanism of a mobile car lifting unit.
采用气垫盘作为移动架车单元的行走机构。
And later that day I made a nasty discovery that my own financial cushion was considerably less comfortable than I had thought it was.
那天晚些时候，我还痛苦地发现，自己的财务储备远不入此前认为的那么让人放心。
Villus child to be placed in a carton, the middle cushion some rags, fed after Add to Waterloo, Waterloo will be placed in the dark.
绒毛雏可先安置在一只纸盒内，中间垫些碎布，喂过后放入窝中，将窝置于暗处。
These structures look even shakier when the collateral cushion is, as is often the case, risky bonds - not cash.
这些结构看，甚至步当抵押品余量，因为通常情况下，高风险债券，而不是现金。
Even if Sallie's debt falls to junk levels and its access to capital markets is restricted, these will give it a cushion to fall back on.
即使Sallie的债务信用降到了最低等级，并被限制进入资本市场，这两大银行都将会给它一条后路。
Now Hertha has a bit of a points cushion between themselves and the drop zone.
如今赫塔还有几分作为他们与降级区间的缓冲。
Adjust your expenses and budget to the expected new income level before you make a move and save as much money as you can for a cushion.
在变动之前，根据新职位的预计收入来调整你的开销预算，尽可能多攒点钱以备不时只需。
"There is room, there is a cushion, " he said. "The question is, how long before everyone can get back up to 100 percent? "
“目前还有一定的缓冲馀地，”他表示，“问题在于所有企业恢复全面生产会需要多长时间？”
Pad cushion It was the idea of supporting a craft on a 'pad', or cushion, of low-pressure air, ringed with a curtain of higher pressure air.
他的设想是：用一个低压空气垫或软垫来支撑船体，软垫周围用高压空气环绕。
"This underscores the need for regional integration to cushion ourselves against the vacillations of economic waves abroad, " he said.
他继续说，“这实际上强调了地区整合的需要以减轻地区外经济动荡对我们的影响。”
It is not unusual to see a 20-something woman with a big, Garfield-shaped cushion on her sofa or a Hello Kitty mobile phone accessory.
20岁左右的女士，用一个大大的加菲猫沙发靠垫，或者手机上装饰有凯蒂猫，已经司空见惯。
An average loan-to-deposit ratio of 65%, as of June, would seem to imply at least a 13. 5% cushion of ready liquidity still in the system.
如果截至6月份平均贷存比为65%，那么似乎就说明银行系统内至少还有13.5%的可用流动性作为缓冲。
He said the Russian promises helped to "cushion the circumstances, " but were not what induced her to accept the deal.
他同时表示：俄罗斯承诺了在过渡时期向她提供帮助，但这并不是在诱使她接受交换。
The insole (EVA sock liner) that the PT-03 comes with is a standard foam insert that provides a bit of cushion but no support.
附带的鞋垫（EVA鞋垫）是标准的泡沫鞋垫，提供了一点减震性，但没有提供支撑性。
Now the careless Goldilocks had not put the hard cushion straight when she rose from the chair of the Great Big Bear.
现在他们发现粗心的金发姑娘在从大大熊的椅子中站起来时，没有把椅垫放整齐。
I must cushion the pull of the line with my body and at all times be ready to give line with both hands.
我一定要用身子稳住钓丝的拉力，随时准备用双手把钓丝松下去。
He put the cushion down on a sofa, set fire to it, and threw some more cushions on to it. They blazed merrily.
他把坐垫放在沙发上，点着了它，又扔上了几个坐垫，火呼呼地着起来。
The team built up a safe cushion of two goals in the first half.
那支球队上半场射进两球，奠定了稳操胜券的基础。
The larger and more varied family units of earlier days probably also served to cushion the shocks of generational conflicts.
早先，较大的和更多样化的家庭可能也充当了减缓一代人与另一代人相冲撞的软垫。
He broke the news of my brother's death to me, making no effort to cushion the blow .
他把我兄弟死亡的消息直接告诉了我，没有试图减轻此事对我的打击。
If your desk isn't wide or deep enough, try setting the keyboard on your lap with a small cushion under the front edge.
如果你的书桌不够长也不够宽，那么试着把键盘放在你的腿上，在前缘下面放一个小垫子。
He said the government might "rebalance" its economic policies next year to cushion the impact of the nuclear test.
他表示，韩国政府可能于明年“调整”其经济政策，以化解核试验的影响。
Despite the plumper supply cushion, it would not take much to pitch markets back into a world of shortages and sky-high prices.
尽管有更厚实的供给缓冲，但要把市场打回供应短缺和价格高涨的局面，并费不了多少事。
Sprawled out on a cushion, he didn't look much like a mighty Savior, certainly not like a match for the howling wind and pounding waves.
祂睡卧垫上，看来不大像大能的救主，更不像是狂风暴浪的对手。
I must cushion the pull of the line with my body and at all times be ready to give line with both hands.
我一定要用身子稳住钓丝的拉力，随时准备用双手把钓丝松下去。
We don't know if it's going to pop or be like air going out of a whoopee cushion.
我们不知道它会突然破灭，还是像放屁垫里出来的空气一样逐渐地破灭。
A small trader who runs into a noisy period has no safety cushion.
一个小交易者，如果正好进入噪音时期，他是没有安全保证的。
Sit with your back firmly against the chair. If necessary, place a small cushion or rolled towel behind the curve of your lower back.
保持后背紧靠椅背。如有必要，在后背下部的弯曲后面放置一个小靠垫或是卷起的毛巾。
Sometimes with the help of an overturned cushion, sometimes by means of a large potted plant, other times using the top button of a shirt.
有时可以通过翻转垫子来解决，有时通过盆栽，或者用衣服上面的扣子。
"Absolute returns did not deliver their promise fully during difficult markets but they did cushion the impact, " concludes Mr Moonesawmy.
穆恩莎密总结称：“在形势艰难的市场中，绝对回报策略没有完全兑现承诺，但它们的确缓解了影响。”
The company's flagship product for the sun block and the steering wheel cover, car cushion, the Ottomans , and other products.
目前公司的主打产品为遮阳挡以及方向盘套、汽车坐垫，脚垫等一系列产品。
These could include measures to force banks to put aside more reserves in good times to help cushion them in bad times.
而这其中就包括强迫银行在经济形势乐观时期为可能发生的经济低迷现象储存一些储备金。
You may have losses from previous years that you've been able to carry forward, which would cushion the blow.
如果你此前几年的投资出现了亏损，那么你可以将亏损延至当前，这样有可能减少损失。
On a Saturday, he left us after lunch, saying he would go round to that shop to get a cushion for his aunt.
在星期六，他在午餐后留下了我们，说他会到那一家商店为他的伯母买一个垫子。
A pillow is a large cushion support for the head usually used while sleeping in a bed or for the body as used on a couch or chair.
枕头是一个人睡在床上支撑头部、或者用于沙发或椅子以支持身体的大垫子。
He put his piece of gold next to him, on top of his meditation cushion, and went to sleep.
乞丐将金子放在身边的坐垫上，然后倒身入睡去了。
You shall not wash dishes, Nor feed the swine, But sit on a cushion And sew a fine seam, And sup upon strawberries, Sugar, and cream.
你不必洗碟子，不必喂猪，但要坐在一个垫子上牢牢地缝合裂口，吃一口草莓，带着糖，和奶油。
The utility model relates to an air-cooled cushion with an elastic air chamber.
本实用新型是弹性气室风冷坐垫。
Rescue of the fire brigade concluded that leather coat when one is able to fall in the Lily cushion, and secondly, the role of another warm.
救援的消防官兵推断，那件羽绒服一是在丽丽坠落时能够起到缓冲作用，二来又有保暖的作用。
Nothing can cushion the sorrow of her mother's death.
什么也不能减轻她丧母的悲痛。
