settee

英 [se'tiː] 美[sɛ'ti]
  • n. 有靠背的长椅;中型沙发

TEM4低频词畅通词汇

词态变化


复数: settees;

中文词源


settee 长沙发

可能来自 settle 拼写变体,比较 settle,长木凳,高背长椅。

英文词源


settee (n.)
"long seat with back and arms," 1716, perhaps a variant of settle (n.), or a diminutive of set (v.) "act of setting."

双语例句


1. When Eleanor returned, I was still sitting glumly on the settee.
埃莉诺回来的时候,我还闷闷不乐地坐在长沙发上。

来自柯林斯例句

2. We sat primly at either end of a long settee.
我们非常拘谨地坐在长椅的两头。

来自柯林斯例句

3. She was lying on a small settee in the parlor.
她躺在客厅的一张小长椅上.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Come and sit next to me on the settee.
过来跟我一块儿坐在沙发上.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. I sat on the settee to unwrap the package while he stood by.
我坐在长椅上打开包裹时他就站在旁边。

来自柯林斯例句