pillow: [OE] Pillow in a recognizable form emerged in the 14th century. It was based on an inflected form of Old English pyle ‘pillow’. This came via a prehistoric West Germanic *pulwīn (source also of German pfühl and Dutch peluw ‘pillow’) from Latin pulvīnus ‘pillow’, a word of unknown origin.
pillow (n.)
Middle English pilwe, from Old English pyle "pillow," from West Germanic *pulwi(n) (cognates: Old Saxon puli, Middle Dutch polu, Dutch peluw, Old High German pfuliwi, German Pfühl), an early borrowing (2c. or 3c.) from Latin pulvinus "little cushion, small pillow," of uncertain origin. Modern spelling is from mid-15c. Pillow fight (n.) attested from 1837; slang pillow talk (n.) first recorded 1939.
pillow (v.)
1620s, from pillow (n.). Related: Pillowed; pillowing.
雙語例句
1. I have a pillow with my name embroidered on it.
我有一個繡著我名字的枕頭。
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2. Sam snuggled down in his pillow and fell asleep.
薩姆舒服地枕著枕頭進入了夢鄉(xiāng)。
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3. Tendrils of hair strayed to the edge of her pillow.
她的幾縷頭發(fā)散落在枕邊。
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4. The pillow cover can match up with the sheets.
這條枕巾可以和床單配上。
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5. He tried to muffle the alarm clock by putting it under his pillow.