单词cushion
n.: 靠垫；软垫；坐垫；（隔离两个表面的）垫
v.: 缓和冲击；缓和打击；（用垫子）使柔和
网络: 缓冲；垫层；座垫
软垫；坐垫；靠垫:
a cloth bag filled with soft material or feathers that is used, for example, to make a seat more comfortable
（隔离两个表面的）垫:
a layer of sth between two surfaces that keeps them apart
起保护（或缓冲）作用的事物:
something that protects you against sth unpleasant that might happen
（台球桌内侧边缘的）弹性衬里:
the soft inside edge along each side of the table, that the balls bounce off
（跌倒或碰撞时）起缓冲作用，缓和冲击:
to make the effect of a fall or hit less severe
缓和打击:
to protect sb/sth from being hurt or damaged or from the unpleasant effects of sth
（用垫子）使柔和，使松软:
to make sth soft with a cushion
【撞球】使(球)碰触台边衬垫〔先碰触后击中另一球或先击中一球后碰触衬垫后再击中另一球〕
稳住
减震
防止
使(反抗,冲击等)变缓和;掩饰(丑闻等)
加衬垫
缓和;减缓…的软垫
加垫子
把…摆在坐垫[桌垫]上;给…安上垫子,用软垫垫上,给…装上汽垫
装或铺垫子;用垫子或如同用垫子保护、缓冲:
【机械工程】缓冲垫层,汽垫,胶垫,缓冲器;【植物;植物学】叶枕
(猪等的)后腿肉
〔美国〕安慰,慰藉,安慰物;安乐,奢侈
(马的)蹄叉
假发
针扎,针插
〔俚语〕积贮,存款
(衬裙子的)腰垫
(撞球台面四边的)橡皮衬垫
软垫,椅垫,靠垫
复数：cushions
现在分词：cushioning
过去分词：cushioned
v.+n.:
cushion impact
v.protectshieldpadguardmitigaten.pillowheadrestbeanbaghassock
v.exposeexacerbate
Whether, and how much, a bank"s capital cushion should be allowed to fall.
无论如何、无论多少，银行的缓冲资本必须得下调。
Now, as a fierce fiscal retrenchment begins, the bank is expected to cushion the impact by keeping monetary policy looser for longer.
如今，英国开始实施严格的财政紧缩措施，预计银行将在更长一段时间里保持宽松的货币政策以缓和由此带来的冲击。
His answer was to lift the vessel out of the water by making it ride on a cushion of air, no more than one or two feet thick.
他的解决办法是，用船底下一英尺或二英尺厚的气垫将船托出水面。
It was a cushion that turned out to be the difference between surviving intact and becoming a ward of the state.
最终，这笔资金成为福特可以完整生存或沦为国家援助对象的关键。
Politeness is like an air cushion; there may be noting in it, but it eases our jolts wonderfully.
礼貌就像是一只气垫：里面可能什么都没有，但却能奇妙地减轻颠簸。
An air cushion disc is adopted as a walking mechanism of a mobile car lifting unit.
采用气垫盘作为移动架车单元的行走机构。
And later that day I made a nasty discovery that my own financial cushion was considerably less comfortable than I had thought it was.
那天晚些时候，我还痛苦地发现，自己的财务储备远不入此前认为的那么让人放心。
Villus child to be placed in a carton, the middle cushion some rags, fed after Add to Waterloo, Waterloo will be placed in the dark.
绒毛雏可先安置在一只纸盒内，中间垫些碎布，喂过后放入窝中，将窝置于暗处。
These structures look even shakier when the collateral cushion is, as is often the case, risky bonds - not cash.
这些结构看，甚至步当抵押品余量，因为通常情况下，高风险债券，而不是现金。
Even if Sallie"s debt falls to junk levels and its access to capital markets is restricted, these will give it a cushion to fall back on.
即使Sallie的债务信用降到了最低等级，并被限制进入资本市场，这两大银行都将会给它一条后路。