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Couch French Bed Put Latin Collocare Head Back

正面 3399.couch
英 [kaʊtʃ]美 [kaʊtʃ]

背面
释义:
n. 睡椅,长沙发;床;卧榻vi. 蹲伏,埋伏;躺着vt. 使躺下;表达;弯下n. (Couch)人名;(英)库奇
例句:
1. Roy swung his legs carefully off the couch and sat up.罗伊小心地把腿挪下沙发,坐了起来。

1、anni- + vers- + -ary.2、含义:returning every year.
couch 长沙发来自拉丁词collocare, 安排,布置,放下,词源同allocate。引申义沙发,床。
couch (v.)c. 1300, "to overlay with gold, inlay," from Old French couchier "to lay down, place; go to bed, put to bed," from Latin collocare "to lay, place, station, arrange," from com- "together" (see com-) + locare "to place" (see locate). Meaning "to put into words" is from 1520s. Related: Couched; couching. Heraldic couchant ("lying down with the head up") is late 15c., from the French present participle.couch (n.)mid-14c., from Old French couche (12c.) "a bed, lair," from coucher "to lie down," from Latin collocare (see couch (v.)). Traditionally, a couch has the head end only raised, and only half a back; a sofa has both ends raised and a full back; a settee is like a sofa but may be without arms; an ottoman has neither back nor arms, nor has a divan, the distinctive feature of which is that it goes against a wall. Couch potato first recorded 1979."

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