mattress
英 ['m?tr?s]
美['m?tr?s]
- n. 床墊；褥子；空氣墊
CET6+TEM4GRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?mattresses;
中文詞源
mattress 床墊，褥墊，墊子
來自古法語(yǔ)materas,來自拉丁語(yǔ)matracium,借自阿拉伯語(yǔ)al-matrah,墊子，字面意思即扔下去的，扔在地上的，來自al,定冠詞the,-ma,方位格前綴，詞源同mosque,taraha,扔下，詞源同tarot,塔羅牌。
英文詞源
- 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," Proven?al almatrac), literally "the thing thrown down," from taraha "he threw (down)."
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Choose a soft, medium or firm mattress to suit their individual needs.
- 針對(duì)他們各人不同的需要挑選柔軟、軟硬適中或者堅(jiān)硬的床墊。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The bunk mattress was hard, the blankets prickly and slightly damp.
- 這個(gè)鋪位的床墊很硬，毯子也很扎人，而且還有點(diǎn)潮。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The mattress and base are normally bought as a set.
- 通常床墊和床架是成套購(gòu)買的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. We had given him a large foam mattress to sleep on.
- 我們給了他一張大海綿床墊用來睡覺。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Is the mattress lumpy and saggy?
- 床墊是否高低不平并且下陷？
來自柯林斯例句