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)."
双语例句
1. 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。
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2. 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。
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3. The mattress and base are normally bought as a set.
通常床垫和床架是成套购买的。
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4. We had given him a large foam mattress to sleep on.
