单词 | cosy |
释义 | cosycozyadj.n. The normal spelling in Britain is cosy, and in the U.S. cozy. A. adj. 1. Of persons: Comfortable from being warm and sheltered; snug. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [adjective] snug1630 cosy1728 comfortable1770 comfy1829 podded1889 on (also in) (the) plush1911 a1665 W. Guthrie Serm. Regen. (1709) 24 When Israel was Colsie at Home. 1728 A. Ramsay Last Speech Miser in Poems II. vi To keep you cosie in a hoord. 1744 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 311 Where I hope you'll be cosy and free from bustle and fatigue. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxix. 315 After Mr. Bob Sawyer had informed him that he meant to be very cosey. 1865 Englishman's Mag. Jan. 7 He lay warm and cozy. 2. Of a place: (a) sheltered and thus warm; this passes into the sense of: (b) sheltering, keeping warm, in which one is warm and comfortable. Often both notions are involved. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [adjective] > snug or comfortable (of places) lithe1488 lowna1522 bein1533 close1571 snod1695 snugging1701 snugc1718 tosie1720 canny1737 cosy1786 fiel1792 snuggish1818 familyish1824 nest-like1864 hygge1963 1786 R. Burns Poems 74 Then canie, in some cozie place, They close the day. 1795 H. Macneill Scotland's Scaith 12 Firs the high craigs cleading, Raisd a' round a cozey screen. 1806 W. Wordsworth Addr. to Child Here's a cozie warm house for Edward and me. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago II. 219 Frank leaned back in a cosey arm-chair. 1884 Queen Victoria More Leaves 105 The rooms so cozy and nice. 3. Of a job: = cushy adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > doing effortlessly > involving little effort > of work or occupation cushy1895 cushiony1908 cosy1915 1915 D. O. Barnett Let. 30 June in In Happy Memory 198 That's a particularly cosy job, as he lives at brigade H.Q. and does nothing. 4. Warmly intimate or friendly; sentimental; frequently in pejorative sense: complacent, smug, unadventurous, parochial; = comfortable adj. 10b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > self-satisfaction > [adjective] smug1551 fat1598 self-contented1631 self-pleased1633 self-satisfied1653 self-contenta1656 self-complacent1736 self-gratulating1755 complacent1767 well1773 self-congratulatory1798 comfortable1856 paddy1865 Podsnappian1866 cosy1927 the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > intimate or familiar homelya1387 familiarc1405 familarya1500 internal1581 intrinsical1602 intimated1606 intrinsic1613 intimea1618 intimous1619 domestica1631 intimate1635 pack1686 thickc1756 throng1768 versant1787 solid1882 chummy1884 tutoyant1899 cosy1927 schmoozy1954 tight1956 1927 M. Beerbohm Let. 2 Oct. (1964) 266 We liked her very much. She isn't exactly cosy, but she's very spirited. 1943 Horizon Mar. 197 Hence arose an interesting theatrical phenomenon—the cult of the Cosy Play. In this type of drama the characters bore a recognizable likeness to the members of the audience..but wiser, more humorous, better-looking. 1958 Observer 25 May 16/7 Cosy little murder mystery. 1959 Daily Mail 20 Feb. 8/1 It was a cosy chat—Mrs Betjeman..is a cosy person. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 May 318/3 If her tone in discussing the Brontë girls becomes at times a trifle too cosy, where actual research is involved she has shown herself to be commendably austere. 1960 C. P. Snow Affair v. 49 It was mildly ironic..to find her set on seeing him a cosy, bourgeois success. 5. cosy corner [compare A. 3] , an upholstered seat which fits into a corner of a room; such a corner, cosily furnished; also attributive and figurative; cosy stove (proprietary name), a free-standing enclosed stove. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > [noun] > specific part of ruellec1400 nook?a1425 ingle-nook1773 area1839 living space1882 slip1886 cosy corner1894 bed-space1895 diner1907 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > [noun] > in corner cosy corner1894 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > stove > types of stove bath-stove1591 pech1591 stewpot1688 kitchen range1733 cockle1775 copper-hole1785 Franklin stove1787 kitchen stove1795 gas stove1818 calefactor1831 thermometer-stove1838 Vesta1843 airtight1844 ship-hearth1858 base-burner1861 wood-stove1875 box1878 tortoise1884 wood-burner1901 Quebec heater1903 pot belly1920 cosy stove1926–7 oil stove1934 paraffin stove1995 1894 Country Gentlemen's Catal. 115/1 Our patent cosy corners. Elegant and comfortable additions to any room. 1898 A. Bennett Man From North xvi. 138 The ‘cosy corner’, an angle of the room furnished with painted mirrors and a bark bench of fictitious rusticity. a1899 in J. Gloag Victorian Comfort (1961) iii. 73 (advt.) Handsome Enamelled White or any colour Cosy Corner, complete with drapery of cretonne. 1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 279 The ‘cozy’ stove. Continuous burning. 1950 D. Gascoyne Vagrant 8 Lying resigned in cosy-corner crow's-nest. 1955 M. Hastings Cork & Serpent viii. 98 There was a cosy stove in the grate. 1956 B. Goolden At Foot of Hills vii. 172 In the dining-room the doors of the cosy stove were closed. 1968 C. P. Bracken Rom. Ring ii. 7 Cosy corner was the correct period terminology for the chintz-covered sofa and low table. B. n. ΚΠ 1856 Engineer I. 117/1 (title) Patent Cosy Express. Mr. H. R. Abraham's Patent Cosy Carriage.] 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Cosy, the name given to a small kind of omnibus recently introduced. 2. A quilted covering placed over a teapot to retain the heat; more fully, tea-cosy. A similar covering to keep an egg warm, an egg-cosy. [Known to me about 1848. F. Hall.] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > serving tea or coffee > [noun] > equipment for serving tea tea-stand1697 tea-equipage1709 hand board1721 tea-things1747 tea-board1748 tea-ware1766 tea-tray1773 tea-set1786 tea-ladle1808 tea-service1809 tea-wagon1840 tea-ship1854 cabaret1856 tea-cosy1863 Norwegian kitchen1868 tête-à-tête set1870 tea-stall1889 tea basket1891 tea-pot stand1895 tea cart1934 tea-trolley1937 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > table linen > [noun] > others table napkin1564 tea-cosy1863 tray-cloth1889 egg-cosy1894 shower1931 1863 J. Tyndall Heat (1870) ix. §342. 274 It is not unusual to preserve the heat of teapots by a woollen covering, but the ‘cosy’ must fit loosely. 1886 Daily News 28 Dec. 7/4 (advt.) Cushions, Tea Coseys, Antimacassars, etc. 3. A cosy seat; spec. a canopied seat for two, occupying a corner of a room. [Called in French causeuse, which has perhaps suggested cosy in English.] ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > sofa or couch > [noun] > for two persons conversation-chair1793 confidante1794 sociable1811 causeuse1844 love seat1847 tête-à-tête1864 cosy1876 two-seater1891 marquise1904 1876 J. R. Green Stray Stud. Eng. & Italy 65 The salon itself..is a pleasant room, gaily painted, with cosies all round it and a huge mass of gorgeous flowers in the centre. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2022). cosyv.ΚΠ 1898 Eng. Dial. Dict. at Cozie While topers cozie in the neuk. 2. transitive. To comfort, reassure; to delude. Also with along. colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > promise, ground of hope > foster hopes [verb (transitive)] > encourage flatter1377 cosy1939 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > speech intended to deceive > beguile, cajole [verb (transitive)] bicharrea1100 fodea1375 begoc1380 inveiglea1513 to hold in halsc1560 to get within ——1572 cajole1645 to cajole with1665 butter1725 veigle1745 flummer1764 to get round ——1780 to come round ——1784 to get around ——1803 flatter-blind1818 salve1825 to come about1829 round1854 canoodle1864 moody1934 fanny1938 cosy1939 mamaguy1939 snow1943 snow-job1962 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > promise, ground of hope > foster hopes [verb (transitive)] > false or uncertain flatter1377 feed1530 dangle1871 cosy1960 1939 C. Morley Kitty Foyle xxvi. 262 But I cosied myself thinking maybe I was shot by too much nerve strain at the office. 1960 M. Sharp Something Light xxiv. 212 Her impulse, on purely selfish grounds, was to cosy Mr Clark on every point. 1965 Observer 15 Aug. 17/6 The important thing is ‘to cosy along’ the prospective victim for the camera. 3. intransitive. Colloquial phrase (chiefly U.S.) to cosy up to: to snuggle up to; to become friendly with; to ingratiate oneself with (someone). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > loved one > gain the favour or engage the affections of [verb (intransitive)] > ingratiate oneself with to cosy up to1937 the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [verb (transitive)] > settle in a snug or affectionate manner > snuggle up to to cosy up to1937 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > flatter servilely or curry favour with [verb (transitive)] flatter1340 to claw the back ofc1394 to pick a thank (also thanks)c1422 clawc1425 to claw by the sleeve1509 to claw by the backa1542 fawna1568 to make or pay (one's) court to1590 adulate1612 hug1622 sycophant1637 to make up to1701 to whip it in with1702 cultivate1706 incense1708 to wheedle in with1726 to grandfather up1747 slaver1794 toad1802 to play up to ——1809 nut1819 toady1827 bootlick1846 to suck up to1860 lickspittle1886 jolly1890 bum-suck1918 arse-lick1919 to cosy up to1937 brown-nose1948 ass-kiss1951 ass-lick1962 love-bomb1976 1937 News-Week 9 Jan. 37 When the New Hampshire native cozies up to the fireplace in his Washington home and decides to talk, he usually talks about one subject: solar engines. 1966 D. Skirrow It won't get you Anywhere xxxix. 193 Fluck had cosied right up to Sullivan, hoping to drive Ball mad with jealousy. 1966 Observer 13 Feb. 13/4 Civil servants are cosying up to those they think might be their next masters. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1665v.1898 |
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