Nghĩa là gì:
comfort comfort /'kʌmfət/- danh từ
- sự an ủi, sự khuyên giải; người an ủi, người khuyên giải; nguồn an ủi, lời an ủi
- a few words of comfort: vài lời an ủi
- to be a comfort to someone: là nguồn an ủi của người nào
- cold comfort: loài an ủi nhạt nhẽo
- sự an nhàn, sự nhàn hạ; sự sung túc
- to live in comfort: sống an nhàn sung túc
- (số nhiều) tiện nghi
- the comforts of life: những tiện nghi của cuộc sống
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) chăn lông vịt
- creature comforts
- đồ ăn ngon, quần áo đẹp...
- (quân sự) những thứ lặt vặt cần dùng hằng ngày (cho cá nhân như thuốc lá...)
- ngoại động từ
- dỗ dành, an ủi, khuyên giải, làm khuây khoả
- to comfort a child: dỗ dành an ủi đứa trẻ
- to comfort those who are in sorrow: an ủi những người đang phiền muộn
be cold comfort Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
cold comfort
small comfort, very little relief Having Jim's money is cold comfort for his wife if he dies.
too close for comfort
Idiom(s): too close for comfort
Theme: PROXIMITY
[for a misfortune or a threat] to be dangerously close.
• That car nearly hit me! That was too close for comfort.
• When I was in the hospital, I nearly died from pneumonia. Believe me, that was too close for comfort.
creature comforts
Idiom(s): creature comforts
Theme: COMFORT
things that make people comfortable.
• The hotel room was sparse, but all the creature comforts were there.
• The entire country of Adonia seemed to lack the expected creature comforts.
comfortable as an old shoe
Idiom(s): (as) comfortable as an old shoe
Theme: COMFORT
Very comfortable; very comforting and familiar.
• This old house is fine. It's as comfortable as an old shoe.
• That's a great tradition—comfortable as an old shoe.
Comfort zone
It is the temperature range in which the body doesn't shiver or sweat, but has an idiomatic sense of a place where people feel comfortable, where they can avoid the worries of the world. It can be physical or mental.
Job's comforter
Someone who says they want to comfort, but actually discomforts people is a Job's comforter. (Job's is pronounced 'jobes', not 'jobs')
home comforts
the things that make you feel comfortable: "Our hotel room has all the home comforts, such as a coffee maker, reading lamp, nice soaps in the bathroom…"
cold comfort|cold|comfort
n. Something that makes a person in trouble feel very little better or even worse. When Tim lost the race, it was cold comfort to him to hear that he could try again in two weeks. Mary spent her vacation sick in bed and Jane's letter about her trip was cold comfort.
comfortable as an old shoe|comfortable|old shoe|sh
adj. phr., informal Pleasant and relaxed; not stiff, strict or too polite; easy to talk and work with. The stranger was as comfortable as an old shoe, and we soon were talking like old friends.
too close for comfort|close|comfort|too|too close
adj. phr. Perilously near (said of bad things). When the sniper's bullet hit the road the journalist exclaimed, "Gosh, that was too close for comfort!"
Compare: CLOSE CALL, CLOSE SHAVE. hãy an ủi lạnh lùng
Thất bại như một nguồn an ủi dự định. Tin tức rằng tui được tăng lương ít ỏi là niềm an ủi lạnh lùng sau khi bất nhận được sự thăng tiến lớn đó. Thực tế là "giai đoạn một" là niềm an ủi lạnh lùng đối với tui - đó vẫn là bệnh ung thư !. Xem thêm: lạnh lùng, thoải mái. Xem thêm:
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