单词 | coverlet |
释义 | coverlet From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcoverletcov‧er‧let /ˈkʌvəlɪt $ -vər-/ noun [countable] old-fashionedDFa cloth cover for a bed SYN bedspreadExamples from the Corpuscoverlet• She found him sitting up in bed, a score of his medical texts and notes scattered across the heavy coverlet.• So, rising, Sammler smoothed back the bedding, the coverlet.• Compromising, Theda found a piece of old blanket to place on the coverlet so that his hairs might not spread everywhere.• Jacqueline opens it, then searches under the coverlet until she finds the object.• Whenever I leave the whole thing under the coverlet she immediately searches for the box and brings out the lamb.• He scooped out a hollow and lying down piled the leaves over him like a thick coverlet.• A small neat iron bed with a shabby well-washed coverlet had one lumpy pillow and sheets which were hard to the touch.Origin coverlet (1200-1300) Anglo-French coverelyth, from Old French covrir ( → COVER1) + lit “bed” |
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