CUSHION

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Traducere în limba română

cushion I. substantiv

1. pernă (de divan, fotoliu etc., dar nu de pat); pernă de sprijinit.

2. mandanea, bandă (la biliard).

3. pernă, pernuţă (folosită la împletitul dantelelor).

4. (tehn.) garnitură; saltea.

5. (ferov.) tampon.

6. perniţă (cu ace).

cushion II. verb tranzitiv

1. a înzestra/ a prevedea cu o pernă sau cu perne; a pune o pernă sub; a pune, a aşeza pe o pernă.

2. (fig., rar) a masca, a atenua, a trece sub tăcere, a ascunde, a muşamaliza.

3. a lipi bila de bandă/ mandanea; a face un d(o)uble (la biliard).

4. (tehn.) a amortiza.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

He took off his coat and waistcoat, put on a large blue dressing-gown, and then wandered about the room collecting pillows from his bed and cushions from the sofa and armchairs.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This is Fidelio upon the cushion.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You must see the carriage, Jane, and tell me if you don't think it will suit Mrs. Rochester exactly; and whether she won't look like Queen Boadicea, leaning back against those purple cushions.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

Unless you smile, your eyes look sad, and when I touched the cushion, just now, I found a tear on it.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Then Holmes hurried with a cushion for his head, and I with brandy for his lips.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In journeys, when I was weary of the coach, a servant on horseback would buckle on my box, and place it upon a cushion before him; and there I had a full prospect of the country on three sides, from my three windows.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

When we came into the country road, she permitted him to relax a little, however; and looking at me down in a valley of cushion by her side, asked me whether I was happy?

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Joints can be damaged by many types of injuries or diseases, including: • Arthritis - inflammation of a joint • Bursitis - inflammation of a fluid-filled sac that cushions the joint • Dislocations - injuries that force the ends of the bones out of position

(Joint Disorders, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

Sherlock Holmes had been leaning back in his chair with his eyes closed and his head sunk in a cushion, but he half opened his lids now and glanced across at his visitor.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Hush, Anson!” said my mother, taking the cushion.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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