英语词汇“comfort stop”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

comfort stop n. originally U.S. a short stop intended to give passengers a break from a (long) bus or coach journey, esp. in order to use the toilet; (hence euphemistic) a short break taken from any journey or activity in order to use the toilet.

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1930 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 30 Mar. 13/4 To know the full pleasure and romance of travel, go the Greyhound way. Selected comfort stops and popular-priced restaurants at frequent intervals break the journey into easy stages.

1960 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 11 Mar. 16/5 As the white passengers filed off for a comfort stop, Griffin followed—but was stopped at the bus door by the driver.

1985 Times 9 Oct. 36/8 Food tends to be in fairly short supply among the Mujahidin, and the water often contains those bacteria that enforce frequent ‘comfort stops’ on unacclimatized westerners.

2002 S. Brown Lecturing x. 165 Late arrivals at your lectures may be because of difficulties getting across to a different building in a short time, with perhaps a necessary comfort stop en route.

单词	comfort stop
释义	> as lemmas comfort stop comfort stop n. originally U.S. a short stop intended to give passengers a break from a (long) bus or coach journey, esp. in order to use the toilet; (hence euphemistic) a short break taken from any journey or activity in order to use the toilet. ΚΠ 1930 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 30 Mar. 13/4 To know the full pleasure and romance of travel, go the Greyhound way. Selected comfort stops and popular-priced restaurants at frequent intervals break the journey into easy stages. 1960 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 11 Mar. 16/5 As the white passengers filed off for a comfort stop, Griffin followed—but was stopped at the bus door by the driver. 1985 Times 9 Oct. 36/8 Food tends to be in fairly short supply among the Mujahidin, and the water often contains those bacteria that enforce frequent ‘comfort stops’ on unacclimatized westerners. 2002 S. Brown Lecturing x. 165 Late arrivals at your lectures may be because of difficulties getting across to a different building in a short time, with perhaps a necessary comfort stop en route. extracted from comfortn. < as lemmas
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