mass noun
1
- a state of physical ease and freedom from pain or constraint舒适; 自在：
room for four people to travel in comfort.
供四人舒适旅行的空间。
1.1
comforts
things that contribute to physical ease and well-being带来舒适安逸的事物：the low upholstered chair was one of the room's few comforts.
那只矮脚软椅是这个房间里为数不多的舒适用品之一。
1.2
- prosperity and the pleasant lifestyle secured by it安逸; 享受：
my father left us enough to live in comfort.
我父亲留给我们的钱足以使我们过上安逸舒适的生活。
2
- consolation for grief or anxiety安慰; 慰藉：
a few words of comfort
几句安慰的话语
they should take comfort that help is available.
他们应该感到慰藉, 因为会得到帮助的。
2.1
- in sing. a person or thing that gives consolation or alleviates a difficult situation给予安慰（或减轻困难）的人（或事物）：
his friendship was a great comfort.
他的友谊带来了很大的安慰。
3
- US dialect a warm quilt〈美, 方〉温暖的盖被。
with obj.
1- cause to feel less unhappy; console安慰; 慰藉：
as adj. comforting his comforting presence.他的在场令人安慰。
1.1
- help (someone) feel at ease; reassure使放松; 使放心：
her strength comforted and protected me.
她的坚强保护着我, 使我不再紧张。
短语
too - for comfort
- causing physical or mental unease by an excess of the specified quality太…以至不舒适（或不自在）：
changes are happening too rapidly for comfort.
变化发生得太快了, 令人不适。
派生词
comfortingly
adverb词源
Middle English （as a noun, in the senses 'strengthening, support, consolation'; as a verb, in the senses 'strengthen, give support, console'）： from Old French confort (noun), conforter (verb), from late Latin confortare strengthen', from com- (expressing intensive force) + Latin fortis 'strong'. The sense 'something producing physical ease' arose in the mid 17th cent.