| 单词 | home comfort |
| 释义 | > as lemmashome comfort home comfort n. (chiefly in plural) any of the comforts which make being in one's own home pleasant; a domestic amenity which contributes to physical ease and well-being; (as mass noun) comfort of this kind. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [noun] > material comfort(s) ease1393 creature1540 creature comforts1641 comfortable1650 comfort1659 convenience1673 conveniency1712 home comfort1797 comforter1837 1797 Milistina I. i. 6 He considered her death as no real deprivation of home comforts and happiness. 1805 Christian Observer Nov. 682/1 No means to bring home comfort to the lowly habitations of the destitute poor. a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) II. xxv. 223 To sit on a foot-stool at the fire-side—to enjoy home-comforts. 1867 J. E. Cooke Wearing of Gray iii. xii. 465 Of the good old mansion, once the abode..of home comfort and hospitality, there remained only a pile of smoking bricks. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 289 Their abodes were equipped with every modern home comfort. 1977 Daily Mirror 21 Mar. 13/2 Five plane spotters serving jail terms in Greece will get a spot of home comfort today. 2004 P. W. Desjardins No Sanctuary but Hell xii. 171 A man appreciative of his home comforts, he preferred the city life to being dragged out to these bush towns. < as lemmas |
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