關於Cushion的意思和用法的提問

A: They’re just decorative pillows:

A: It’s basically the same thing as a pillow.

A: It softens the blow, makes it less painful.

A: To cushion or soften the blow is to make some hardship or difficult event more bearable. For example, He was fired yesterday, but received a significant severance package, which cushioned the blow.

A: A blow can mean like a physical strike, like a punch. If I punch you, it would be painful, right? But if you are holding a pillow and I punch you where the pillow is, it would be less painful, right?

Cushion the blow means something whose action makes something less painful or less difficult.

A: I tripped, but the soft grass cushioned my fall. I reclined in the couch and the cushions were so comfortable that I soon fell asleep. At the moment we are cushioning the floor with some mattresses so that when some small children fall they don't hurt themselves.

A: Airbags are used to cushion the blow in automobile accidents. She told him she was moving to outer space in order to cushion the blow of breaking up with him. Knee pads will cushion the blow if you fall while skateboarding.

A: You sit on the couch cushions.

The chair was too hard so I bought a cushion for the seat. Now the chair is comfortable when I sit on it.

Pillows are generally meant to move around either for decoration or for extra support or comfort.

What you lay your head on in bed is also a pillow.

A: a pillow is what you use to rest your head on when you sleep. pillows are for sleeping use and kept in the bedroom, they are usually very plain and for comfort.

a cushion is used for casual comfort but mostly decoration. cushions are usually smaller and found on sofas, they are less comfortable then a pillow as cushions are usually used to make the sofa look nicer.

A: A cushion is usually what you sit on on a more comfortable chair (not wooden or plastic). A pillow is what you put your head on in bed.

A: On a bed we would usually say "pillow", never "cushion". On a sofa or chair then we can use either term.

A: The correct way to say the first sentence is "The cute cushion is on the sofa." And the second one would be "There is a cute cushion on the sofa."

In the first sentence, we already know the subject. In the second sentence, we are introduced to the subject for the first time.

A: Cushion the blow means it slowed down the impact, we can use it metaphorically or literally. (Blow can refer to impacts or punches, cushion refers to something soft like pillows)

Literally = “He was in a car accident but wasn’t injured severely because the airbags cushioned the blow”

Metaphorically = “I failed my math exam but scored really high on Chemistry so that cushioned the blow a little when I told my mum”

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A: "cushion."

A: × The cushion with a pattern of dogs is so cute too.
✓ The dog pattern cushion is also really cute.

A: It is understandable but to sound more natural, you should say, "There are two cushions on each chair." or "Each chair has two cushions" Hope this helps!

A:

Pillow – the thing on your bed where you sleep. Larger.

Cushion – the thing on your couch. Smaller.

A: Yes and yes.

A: This cushion can be used not only indoors, but also in various places such as in a wheel chair, a buggy or a car.
"Stroller" is American English, "buggy" is British English.