featherbed meaning in English
1.羽毛褥垫,安有羽毛褥垫的床。
2.安适的处境,闲职。
3.因轮藻丛生而形成的羽毛状池底[湖底]。
Examples
- Featherbedding will certainly increase unit costs and, in the general case, prices too .
一般情况下,超额雇工肯定将增加单位成本,并将提高价格。 - This federal agency was shut down for featherbedding
联邦政府机关对闲职人员作了削减。 - Fell asleep then . after gencree dinner that was when we drove home the featherbed mountain
发生在格伦克里的宴会结束之后,我们驱车回家去,翻过羽毛山。 - Their government featherbeds its industries so that they can sell their products much more cheaply than we can
他们的政府大力扶植其工业,以至使他们的产品卖得比我们便宜得多。