comfort

comfort
noun
[mass noun]
  1. a state of physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint
    舒适；自在
    room for four people to travel in comfort.
    供舒适旅行的四人房间。
    ■(comforts)things that contribute to physical ease and well-being
    带来舒适安逸的事物
    the low upholstered chair was one of the room's few comforts.
    那只矮脚软椅是这个房间里为数不多的舒适用品之一。
    ■prosperity and the pleasant lifestyle secured by it
    安逸；享受
    my father left us enough to live in comfort.
    我父亲留给我们的钱足以使我们过上安逸舒适的生活。
  2. consolation for grief or anxiety
    安慰；慰藉
    a few words of comfort.
    几句安慰的话语。
    they should take comfort that help is available.
    他们应该从可以得到帮助的事实中获取安慰。
    ■[in sing.]a person or thing that gives consolation or alleviates a difficult situation
    给予安慰（或减轻困难）的人（或事物）
    his friendship was a great comfort.
    他的友谊带来了很大的安慰。
  3. (US dialect)a warm quilt
    (美，方)温暖的盖被
verb
  1. [with obj.]cause to feel less unhappy; console
    安慰；慰藉
    [as adj. comforting]his comforting presence.
    他的在场令人安慰。
常用词组
too – for comfort
  1. causing physical or mental unease by an excess of the specified quality
    太…以至不舒适（或不自在）
    changes are happening too rapidly for comfort.
    变化发生得太快了，令人不适。
派生
comfortingly
adverb
语源
  1. Middle English (as a noun, in the senses 'strengthening, support, consolation'; as a verb, in the senses 'strengthen, give support, console'): from Old French confort (noun), conforter (verb), from late Latin confortare 'strengthen', from com- (expressing intensive force) + Latin fortis 'strong'. The sense 'something producing physical ease' arose in the mid 17th cent
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