mattress
英['mætrɪs]
美['mætrəs]
- n. 床垫；褥子；空气垫
词态变化
复数: mattresses;
中文词源
mattress 床垫，褥垫，垫子
来自古法语materas,来自拉丁语matracium,借自阿拉伯语al-matrah,垫子，字面意思即扔下去的，扔在地上的，来自al,定冠词the,-ma,方位格前缀，词源同mosque,taraha,扔下，词源同tarot,塔罗牌。
英文词源
- mattress
- mattress: [13] Etymologically, a mattress is something ‘thrown’ down on the floor to lie on. The word comes via Old French materas and Italian materasso from Arabic matrah ‘mat, cushion’, a derivative of the verb taraha ‘throw’.
- mattress (n.)
- late 13c., from Old French materas (12c., Modern French matelas), from Italian materasso and directly from Medieval Latin matracium, borrowed in Sicily from Arabic al-matrah "the cushion" (also source of Spanish almadraque "mattress," Provençal almatrac), literally "the thing thrown down," from taraha "he threw (down)."
双语例句
- 1. Choose a soft, medium or firm mattress to suit their individual needs.
- 针对他们各人不同的需要挑选柔软、软硬适中或者坚硬的床垫。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The bunk mattress was hard, the blankets prickly and slightly damp.
- 这个铺位的床垫很硬，毯子也很扎人，而且还有点潮。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The mattress and base are normally bought as a set.
- 通常床垫和床架是成套购买的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. We had given him a large foam mattress to sleep on.
- 我们给了他一张大海绵床垫用来睡觉。
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- 5. Is the mattress lumpy and saggy?
- 床垫是否高低不平并且下陷？
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