| 释义 |
squab/skwɒb/ n. & adj.●n. 1 a short fat person 矮胖的人 2 a very young bird, esp. an unfledged pigeon 雏鸟(尤指雏鸽) 3a a stuffed cushion 厚垫子 b Brit. the padded back or side of a car-seat [英] (汽车座位的)厚垫靠背(或扶手) 4 a sofa or ottoman 沙发；长软椅 ●adj. short and fat, squat 矮胖的，短粗的 [17th c.: origin unknown: cf. obsolete quab ‘shapeless thing’, Swedish dialect sqvabba ‘fat woman’] |