cosy

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

cosy 7 [cosy cosies cosied cosying cosier cosiest] (BrE) (NAmE cozy)adjective, verb BrE [ˈkəʊzi] NAmE [ˈkoʊzi]
adjective (cosi·er, cosi·est, cozi·er, cozi·est)
1. warm, comfortable and safe, especially because of being small or confined
Syn: ↑snug
•a cosy little room
•a cosy feeling
•I felt warm and cosy sitting by the fire.
2. friendly and private
•a cosy chat with a friend
3. (often disapproving)easy and convenient, but not always honest or right
•The firm has a cosy relationship with the Ministry of Defence.
•The danger is that things get too cosy.

Word Origin:
early 18th cent. (originally Scots): of unknown origin.

Example Bank:
•We stopped in a cosy little cafe for a cup of tea.
Derived Words: ↑cosily ▪ ↑cosiness
Derived: ↑cosy up to somebody
 
verb (cosies, cosy·ing, cosied, cosied)
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
early 18th cent. (originally Scots): of unknown origin.
 
See also: ↑cozily ▪ ↑coziness ▪ ↑cozy ▪ ↑cozy up to somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  cozy, snug, tea cosy, tea cozy