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单词 featherbed
释义

featherbed

See also: feather-bed and feather bed

English

Etymology

From feather + bed.

Noun

featherbed (plural featherbeds)

  1. A mattress stuffed with feathers
  2. (Britain, Dartmoor) A bog covered by a layer of moss, presenting a hazard to walkers.

Alternative forms

  • feather bed

Translations

Verb

featherbed (third-person singular simple present featherbeds, present participle featherbedding, simple past and past participle featherbedded)

  1. (transitive) To treat someone with excessive indulgence; to pamper, cosset or mollycoddle

Alternative forms

  • feather-bed

Translations

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