| 单词 | scatter cushion |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscatter cushion C2. attributive passing into adj. Designating one of a number (intended to be) scattered decoratively here and there, as scatter cushion, scatter pin, scatter rug, etc. Originally U.S. ΚΠ 1933 ‘E. Queen’ Siamese Twin Myst. i. ii. 30 A living~room..dotted with armchairs and small scatter-rugs. 1946 Negro Digest Aug. 51/1 Its large living room has a vaulted ceiling and arched beams, and the floor is covered with deer skins and scatter rugs. 1957 J. D. Salinger in New Yorker 4 May 123/1 Three domestic Oriental scatter rugs, extremely worn, were on the floor. 1960 Woman 5 Mar. 19/1 Scatter cushions have become a favourite furnishing accessory. 1960 I. Wallach Absence of Cello 13 She stopped first at the jewelry counter where she sneered at some scatter pins. 1966 T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 ii. 36 Bracelets then, scatterpins, earrings, a pendant. 1974 J. Irving 158-Pound Marriage 104 The bed..had pitched the mattress and us across the scatter rug. 1976 L. Deighton Twinkle, twinkle, Little Spy xviii. 185 There [were]..scatter-cushions on the floor. 1980 P. Harcourt Tomorrow's Treason i. i. 31 The floor was..wood with a couple of bright scatter mats. < as lemmas |
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