featherbed

A noun referring to a mattress that is stuffed with feathers, providing a soft and comfortable surface for sleeping.

• 🇨🇳指填充羽毛的床垫或褥子，提供柔软舒适的睡眠表面；也指用羽毛填充制成的寝具。

1. Soft mattress B1 formal

   A mattress that is filled with feathers, providing a soft and comfortable sleeping surface.

   • The hotel room had a luxurious featherbed.
   • She prefers a featherbed over a modern foam mattress.
   • The old inn offered featherbeds for a cozy night's sleep.

   🇨🇳羽绒床垫

   同义词: feather bed

• featherbeds plural form
• featherbeds' possessive plural form
• featherbed's possessive singular form

A verb meaning to provide someone with excessively comfortable or favorable conditions, often in a workplace or political context, or to pamper.

• 🇨🇳动词，指为某人提供过于舒适或有利的条件，常在工作或政治语境中给予特殊优待、过度照顾或纵容。

1. Treat with excessive indulgence C1 informal british

   To pamper or coddle someone, providing them with more comfort or luxury than necessary.

   • The hotel staff featherbedded the VIP guests with extra pillows and champagne.
   • Parents sometimes featherbed their children, making them unprepared for real life.
   • He was featherbedded by his assistants, who did all the difficult work for him.

   🇨🇳溺爱

   同义词: babycoddlecossetindulgemollycoddlepamperspoil

   反义词: abusedisciplinehardenignoremistreatneglecttoughen

2. Hire more workers than necessary C1 formal british

   To employ an excessive number of workers, often due to union agreements or to avoid layoffs, resulting in inefficiency.

   • The factory was featherbedded, with three workers doing a job that one could handle.
   • The union insisted on featherbedding, requiring extra staff on every shift.
   • The company's featherbedding practices led to high operational costs.

   🇨🇳雇用冗员

• featherbedded past participle
• featherbedded past simple
• featherbedding present participle
• featherbeds third person singular