mattress

英 ['mætrɪs] 美['mætrəs]
  • n. 床垫;褥子;空气垫

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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。

英英释意


1. a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed

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)."

实用场景例句


a soft/hard mattress
软 / 硬床垫

牛津词典

She tied the corners of the blankets to the mattress with shoelaces.
她用鞋带把毯子的四角都绑在床垫上.

期刊摘选

Pedrito arched his back against the mattress, desperately trying to form an air space.
帕吉特拱起背顶住床垫, 不顾一切地试图形成一个空间.

期刊摘选

Room was clean, average size, queen bed with comfortable mattress and bedding.
房间里蛮干净, 一般大小, 双人床很软,寝具很舒适.

期刊摘选

He hides money in the mattress so he can have something to fall back on.
他把钱藏在床垫里,以资有些东西作为靠山.

期刊摘选

Yes. I'm looking for a firm mattress.
对.我想找一种结实的席子.

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She's lying on her mattress with her face in the pillow.
她躺在床垫上,把脸埋在枕头里.

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The adjustable, three level mattress spring system accomodates your baby's growth.
可调整, 3级床垫弹簧系统可宝宝的成长.

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The sheets were tucked in neatly, ie under the mattress.
床单的边缘整整齐齐地掖在褥垫下面.

辞典例句

The mattress is made of spring wires.
这个床垫是用弹簧做的.

辞典例句

THE FIRST LABEL IS FOR MATTRESS , THE SECOND FOR OTHER ARTICLES.
第一个标签是床垫的, 第二个是其它物品的.

期刊摘选

When he woke up, he was still on the mattress.
当他醒来的时候, 他仍然在床垫上.

期刊摘选

Constance doesn't like white mattress.
康斯坦斯不喜欢白床垫.

《简明英汉词典》

The straw mattress needs to be aired.
草垫子该晾一晾了.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

That peasant is dozing off on a straw mattress.
那个农民正坐在一个草垫上打盹.

期刊摘选

He kept his life's savings under his mattress.
他将他一辈子的积蓄藏在床垫下.

辞典例句

a mattress filled with straw
稻草填充的垫子

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

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。

柯林斯例句

Is the mattress lumpy and saggy?
床垫是否高低不平并且下陷?

柯林斯例句

She kept her money under the mattress.
她把钱放在床垫下。

柯林斯例句

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。

柯林斯例句

With difficulty he released the mattress from the metal frame, and groped beneath it.
他费了很大力气才把床垫从金属架上移开,然后在下面摸索。

柯林斯例句

The mattress and base are normally bought as a set.
通常床垫和床架是成套购买的。

柯林斯例句

Of course lots of kids read dirty books in their rooms and hide them under the mattress.
当然很多孩子在他们的房间里看黄书,而且会把它们藏在床垫子底下。

柯林斯例句

He crouched down and reached under the mattress.
他蹲下,把手伸到床垫下面。

柯林斯例句

Move to a reclining position on the mattress and rest for 15 minutes.
靠在垫子上休息15分钟。

柯林斯例句

Unfortunately, as a standard mattress wears, the springs soften and so do not support your spine.
遗憾的是,当一张标准床垫用旧后,弹簧就会变软而无法支撑你的脊椎。

柯林斯例句

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。

柯林斯例句