comfort

英['k?mf?t] 美['k?mf?t]

復數:?comforts;第三人稱單數:?comforts;過去式:?comforted;過去分詞:?comforted;現在分詞:?comforting;

1. 近同義詞：soothe, console, solace, comfort.

comfort 舒服

com-, 強調。-fort, 堡壘，強壯，見fortify。

comfort: comfort: [13] Comfort did not always have its present ‘soft’ connotations of physical ease, contentment, and well-being. Etymologically it means ‘make someone stronger’, and its original English sense was ‘encourage, support’ (this survives in such contexts as ‘give aid and comfort to the enemy’). It comes via Old French conforter from late Latin confortāre ‘strengthen greatly’, a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘with’ used as an intensive and the adjective fortis ‘strong’ (source of English force, fort, and effort).

The antonym discomfort is not etymologically related to discomfit, a word with which it is often confused.
=> effort, force, fort
comfort (v.): late 13c., conforten "to cheer up, console," from Old French conforter "to comfort, to solace; to help, strengthen," from Late Latin confortare "to strengthen much" (used in Vulgate), from Latin com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + fortis "strong" (see fort). Change of -n- to -m- began in English 14c. Related: Comforted; comforting.
comfort (n.): c. 1200, "feeling of relief" (as still in to take comfort in something); also "source of alleviation or relief;" from Old French confort (see comfort (v.)). Replaced Old English frofor. Comforts (as opposed to necessities and luxuries) is from 1650s.

1. He began to comfort me with such unaccustomed gentleness.: 他開始以那種少有的溫柔安慰我。

2. This new design will offer undreamed-of levels of comfort, safety and speed.: 這種新設計將會給您帶來意想不到的舒適、安全和快捷。

5. The jumper strikes the perfect balance between comfort and smartness.: 這件套頭毛衣又舒服又漂亮。