chaise lounge

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˌʃeɪz ˈlaʊndʒ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of chaise longue. US,proscribed,sometimes
    — Old Tinker, in evening dress, sat uncomfortably, sideways, upon the edge of a wicker and brocade “chaise lounge,” finishing a tiny glass of chartreuse, while Talbot Potter, in the middle of the room, took leave of a second guest who had been dining with him.

词形变化

chaise lounges plural

词源

American alteration of French chaise longue (literally “long chair”), due to a conflation with English lounge (the term, of uncertain etymology, is possibly a distant cognate of French long); attested from 19th century.
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