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counterpane

/koun-ter-peyn/US // ˈkaʊn tərˌpeɪn //UK // (ˈkaʊntəˌpeɪn) //

对联,对联式,对联的,对开的窗帘

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Older Use.

    • : a quilt or coverlet for a bed; bedspread.

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Examples

  • She tore unconsciously at the counterpane, her fingers writhing against one another.

  • She twisted the fringe of the counterpane in her slender, white fingers, and she did not look at him.

  • And the mark of the bloody hand on the counterpane, where it is dragged?

  • When Heidi got into bed that night she found her old straw hat lying under the counterpane.

  • She spoke very languidly, and suffered Dixon to lay it on the counterpane before her, without putting out a hand to take it.