单词 | quilt |
释义 | quilt 1. n. & v. --n   1. a bed-covering made of padding enclosed between layers of cloth etc. and kept in place by cross lines of stitching.   2. a bedspread of similar design (patchwork quilt). --vtr.   1. cover or line with padded material.   2. make or join together (pieces of cloth with padding between) after the manner of a quilt.   3. sew up (a coin, letter, etc.) between two layers of a garment etc.   4. compile (a literary work) out of extracts or borrowed ideas. Derivatives quilter n. quilting n. Etymology: ME f. OF coilte, cuilte f. L culcita mattress, cushion 2. v.tr. Austral. sl. thrash; clout. Etymology: perh. f. QUILT(1) |
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