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。
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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。
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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。
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4. We had given him a large foam mattress to sleep on.