Dutch wife

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌdʌtʃ ˈwaɪf/    美 /ˌdʌtʃ ˈwaɪf/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A long body-length bolster (pillow) that can be held or wrapped around one's body while sleeping.
    — His eyes wide with surprise and fear, he clutched tightly the bolster — sweat- absorbing bedfellow of sleepers in the East — known as a Dutch wife. [...] "What do you mean? Who are you?" Maniam's great eyes, his black skin oiled with sweat, Maniam's hands pudgily clutching his Dutch wife.
  2. In East Asia and Southeast Asia, a wicker or bamboo tube the size of a person for use in the bed. In the summer heat, the open bamboo structure is cooler than fabric pillows or sheets. The Dutch wife is embraced by the user, exposing the maximum amount of the body to cooling breezes.

词形变化

Dutch wives plural

词源

Compound of Dutch (“inferior substitute”) + wife.
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