看看词源字典怎么讲单词 bolster n.垫子; v.支持
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词源字典说:bolster

O.E.

bolster

"something stuffed so that it swells up," especially "long,stuffed

pillow," from P.Gmc.

*bolkhstraz,

fromPIE*bhelgh-"to swell" (seebelly

).Theverb in fig.sense is from 1508,on the notion of "to support with

a bolster,prop up."bolster

一种被材料填充的而且胀大(swell

up)的东西,尤其指长、饱满的枕头同源belly肚子、腹部

中文叫枕头,看来英文应该翻译成枕肚了哈哈,正是在下一贯的观点,一切在人体之中.送一张图:长枕头,bolste