abstract:A padded cell is a cell in a psychiatric hospital with cushions lining the walls. The padding is an attempt to prevent a patient from hurting themselves by hitting their head (or other bodily parts) on the hard surface of the walls.
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A padded cell is a small room with padded walls in a mental hospital or prison, where a person who may behave violently can be put so that they do not hurt themselves. 四壁包有垫子的监禁室
During their dance (Pierluigi Vanelli's delightfully grotesque choreography of writhing and grimacing), they ripped off the wallpaper to reveal a paddedcell.
Leon's phone call sets in motion a series of events that show David how, rather than being protected from the fears and anxieties of his daily existence by a prestigious City job, multiple maids and secretaries, and a peerless spouse, he has placed himself in a moneyed cocoon as insulating as a paddedcell.