单词
quilt
英 [kw?lt]
美[kw?lt]
基本信息
- n. 被子；棉被
- vt. 东拼西凑地编；加软衬料后缝制
- vi. 缝被子
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词态变化
复数:?quilts;
中文词源
quilt 被子
来自拉丁语culcita,垫子，床垫，词源同cushion.原指软衬里垫子，后用于指被子。
英文词源
- 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).
双语例句
- 1. The quilt has pretty, scalloped edges and intricate quilting.
- 这条被子有漂亮的荷叶饰边，而且绗缝活做得也很精致。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Mary saved up pieces of cloth to make a quilt.
- 玛丽存了几块布留作棉被用.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. The design on this quilt cover is quite elegant.
- 这被面的花儿很大方.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. The patient sat wrapped in a quilt.
- 病人拥被而坐.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. Mother pieced a quilt yesterday.
- 母亲昨天补了一床被子.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》