counterpane
英 [ˈkaʊn.tə.peɪn]
美 [ˈkaʊn.t̬ɚ.peɪn]
counterpane 床单counter-, 相对。pane, 纺织品,布。
- counterpane
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counterpane: see quilt
- counterpane (n.)
- "outer covering of a bed," c. 1600, alteration of earlier counterpoynte (mid-15c.; see counterpoint) on model of Middle French pan, Latin pannus "cloth" (see pane).
- 1. Mr. Cruncher reposed under a patchwork counterpane, like a Harlequin at home.
- 克朗彻先生盖了一床白衲衣图案的花哨被子, 像是呆在家里的丑角.
- 2. The evening was just cool enough to make it worth while to pull up the counterpane.
- 夜晚很凉爽,得把床罩揭起来盖上身子.
- 3. While she is gone, the surgeon abandons his hopeless investigation and covers patchwork counterpane.
- 她走了以后, 外科医生就结束了他那没有希望的检查,拿那条打满了补钉的被单把尸体盖上.