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sofa

noun
🔊/ˈsəʊfə/
🔊/ˈsəʊfə/
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  1. a long comfortable seat with a back and arms, for two or more people to sit on长沙发
    Extra Examples
    • She was curled up on the sofa.她蜷曲在沙发上。
    • Amy collapsed on her overstuffed leather sofa.埃米跌坐到又软又厚的皮沙发上。
    • I fell asleep on the sofa.我在沙发上睡着了。
    • I might have to hide behind the sofa if the movie gets too scary!如果电影太恐怖，我可能会躲到沙发后面！
    • I spent the evening sprawled on the sofa, watching TV.我晚上四肢伸开躺在沙发上看电视。
    • The convertible sofa means that the apartment can sleep four.有了这张折叠沙发，公寓可以睡下 4 个人。
    synonym settee, couchTopics Houses and homesa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • battered
    • comfortable
    • comfy
    • …
    verb + sofa
    • collapse on/​onto
    • flop (down) on/​onto
    • settle (down) on
    • …
    sofa + noun
    • bed
    • cushion
    preposition
    • on the sofa
    phrases
    • the arm of a/​the sofa
    • the back of a/​the sofa
    • the edge of a/​the sofa
    • …
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French, based on Arabic ṣuffa.