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)."
雙語例句
1. Choose a soft, medium or firm mattress to suit their individual needs.
針對他們各人不同的需要挑選柔軟、軟硬適中或者堅硬的床墊。
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2. The bunk mattress was hard, the blankets prickly and slightly damp.
這個鋪位的床墊很硬，毯子也很扎人，而且還有點潮。
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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買的。
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4. We had given him a large foam mattress to sleep on.