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单词 comforting
释义
comfortingcom‧fort‧ing /ˈkʌmfətɪŋ $ -fər-/ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • It was comforting to see the lights of home.
  • She laid a comforting hand on my arm.
  • Stefan tried to think of something comforting to say.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Being able to visit the grave and talk to your pet can also be very comforting.
  • He seemed to be a reassuring, comforting presence.
  • I was nurturing this comforting thought when I turned into a large assembly room with numbered doors leading from it.
  • She had been comforting about the chances of the baby being born all right, hadn't she?
  • The house seemed to put comforting arms around her, as she wandered from room to room.
  • The need to go into space, an extension of the comforting vacuum.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatormaking you feel less upset, sad, worried etc
· It was comforting to see the lights of home.· Stefan tried to think of something comforting to say.· She laid a comforting hand on my arm.
something that is soothing makes you feel calm and relaxed when you are upset, anxious, or nervous: · My mother had a gentle, soothing voice.· I love Mozart's music. I find it very soothing.· The shower was wonderfully soothing.
making you feel less worried or frightened about something: · The teacher gave him a reassuring smile.· My dad tried to sound calm and reassuring.enormously reassuring (=very reassuring): · I found his words enormously reassuring.
especially written something that is consoling , especially something that someone says, makes you feel better when you are unhappy or disappointed: · What you said about George was very consoling.· I didn't find his words very consoling.· He nodded and put a consoling arm around her shoulders.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 It’s comforting to know I can call my parents any time.
 With this comforting thought, Harry fell asleep.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
· ‘People might not have noticed we’re late.’ ‘That’s a comforting thought.’
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· She had another, less comforting thought.· I was nurturing this comforting thought when I turned into a large assembly room with numbered doors leading from it.· Somehow that was a comforting thought.· Apart from the implications of this for prayers and strategy, it was a comforting thought - so long as one was winning.· That must be a comforting thought for a family about to be evicted.· Not a comforting thought for a country with a £17 billion trade deficit.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnouncomfortdiscomfortcomforteradjectivecomfortableuncomfortablecomfortingadverbcomfortablyuncomfortablycomfortinglyverbcomfort
making you feel less worried, unhappy, or upset SYN  reassuringit is comforting to think/have/know etc It’s comforting to know I can call my parents any time. With this comforting thought, Harry fell asleep. His voice was strangely comforting.comfortingly adverb
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