divan

noun

/dɪˈvæn/

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(also divan bed)
(both British English) a bed with a thick base and a mattress厚垫睡榻
- We slept on a double divan.我们睡在双人沙发上。
a long low soft seat without a back or arms（无靠背和扶手的）矮长沙发

词源late 16th cent. (originally meaning a legislative body in the Middle East): via French or Italian from Turkish dīvān, from Persian dīwān ‘anthology, register, court, or bench’. As a piece of furniture, a divan was originally (early 18th cent.) a low bench or raised section of floor against an interior wall, used as a long seat and common in Middle Eastern countries; European imitation of this led to the sense ‘low flat sofa or bed’ (late 19th cent.).

词汇	divan
释义	divan noun /dɪˈvæn/ /dɪˈvæn/ enlarge image (also divan bed) (both British English) a bed with a thick base and a mattress厚垫睡榻 We slept on a double divan.我们睡在双人沙发上。 a long low soft seat without a back or arms（无靠背和扶手的）矮长沙发词源late 16th cent. (originally meaning a legislative body in the Middle East): via French or Italian from Turkish dīvān, from Persian dīwān ‘anthology, register, court, or bench’. As a piece of furniture, a divan was originally (early 18th cent.) a low bench or raised section of floor against an interior wall, used as a long seat and common in Middle Eastern countries; European imitation of this led to the sense ‘low flat sofa or bed’ (late 19th cent.).
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