• n. 被子；棉被
• vt. 東拼西湊地編；加軟襯料后縫制
• vi. 縫被子

來自拉丁語culcita,墊子，床墊，詞源同cushion.原指軟襯里墊子，后用于指被子。

quilt

quilt: [13] The ultimate source of quilt is Latin culcita ‘mattress’, which passed into English via Old French cuilte. Its function gradually evolved from that of a mattress for lying on to that of a coverlet for lying under. A long-standing characteristic of such quilts is that their stuffing is held in place by cross-stitching. This does not emerge as a distinct meaning of the verb quilt (‘sew padded cloth in a crisscross pattern’) until the mid-16th century, but it is reflected in the medieval Latin term culcita puncta ‘pricked mattress’ – that is, a mattress that has been stitched.

This passed into English via Old French as counterpoint, which was subsequently altered, by association with pane ‘panel’, to counterpane [17].
=> counterpane

quilt (n.)

c. 1300, "mattress with soft lining," from Anglo-French quilte, Old French cuilte, coute "quilt, mattress" (12c.), from Latin culcita "mattress, bolster," of unknown origin. Sense of "thick outer bed covering" is first recorded 1590s.

quilt (v.)

1550s, from quilt (n.). Related: Quilted; quilting. Quilting bee attested from 1824 (see bee).

1. The quilt has pretty, scalloped edges and intricate quilting.

這條被子有漂亮的荷葉飾邊，而且絎縫活做得也很精致。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Mary saved up pieces of cloth to make a quilt.

瑪麗存了幾塊布留作棉被用.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. The design on this quilt cover is quite elegant.

這被面的花兒很大方.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

4. The patient sat wrapped in a quilt.

病人擁被而坐.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. Mother pieced a quilt yesterday.

母親昨天補了一床被子.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》