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Mattress French Materas Italian Materasso Arabic Taraha 6081.Mattress

正面 6081.mattress
英 ['mætrɪs]美 ['mætrəs]

背面
释义:
n. 床垫;褥子;空气垫
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。

1. warrant <===> guarantee ( gu- w- ).2. war + r(花) + ant => warrant. 蚂蚁为保护蚂蚁窝四周的花儿而战是有正当理由的。
mattress 床垫,褥垫,垫子来自古法语materas,来自拉丁语matracium,借自阿拉伯语al-matrah,垫子,字面意思即扔下去的,扔在地上的,来自al,定冠词the,-ma,方位格前缀,词源同mosque,taraha,扔下,词源同tarot,塔罗牌。
mattressmattress: [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).""

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