(especially of clothes or furnishings) providing physical ease and relaxation (尤指服饰、家具设施)令人舒适的,令人放松的 ■(of a person) physically relaxed and free from constraint (人)舒服的,放松的;舒畅的,自在的 he would not be comfortable in any other clothes. 他穿其他任何衣服都不会如此舒适。 ■not in pain (used especially in an official report of the condition of a hospital patient) (尤指用于住院病人的正式病情报告)不疼的;疼痛消失的 ■free from stress or fear 轻松的,舒坦的 they appear very comfortable in each other's company. 他们看来相处得很轻松。 few of us are comfortable with confrontations. 我们中几乎没有人能轻松面对公然反对。 ■free from financial worry; having an adequate standard of living 宽裕的;小康的
as large as is needed or wanted 足够的 a comfortable income. 足以开销的收入。 ■with a wide margin 相差很远的 a comfortable victory. 轻而易举的胜利。
noun
(US dialect)a warm quilt (美 方)温暖的盖被
派生 comfortableness noun comfortably adverb 语源
Middle English (in the sense 'pleasant, pleasing'): from Anglo-Norman French confortable, from conforter 'to comfort' (see comfort)