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