| 词汇 | settee |
| 释义 | settee noun[ C ] uk /setˈiː/ us /setˈiː/ UK a long, soft seat for two or more people, with a back and usually with arms长沙发 Synonym sofa Martin Barraud/OJO Images/GettyImages US a long seat for more than two people that has a back长靠背椅 Chairs & seats -seater armchair armrest banquette bar stool beach chair booster seat front seat gallery high chair living room suite lounger perch sag bag seating shooting stick shotgun stall stool window seat Examples of setteesettee Data such as thirteen, fourteen, settee, guarantee, etc. can exhibit glottal stop. Residents sat in the lounges or sat on settees in the lobby area by the lifts. The rooms are furnished like a parlor which is cluttered with all sorts of easy chairs, sofas, chaise longues and settees, each covered with a white spread. Then there was the £40 bed settee which crumpled and became unusable in a week. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The information available to the chief constable suggests that the fire was caused accidentally in an attempt to break up and burn an old settee. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 An average of 100 families are made homeless every week, and young people sleep rough or on somebody's settee. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Probably another 750,000 households need somewhere, but are staying with family or friends on settees or on floors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have two two-seater settees which we are afraid to use for fear of them being marked or damaged. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When we look at the price of one settee at about £1,000 for that type of accommodation, we can see that those furnishings are not cheap. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of them live in small houses or in only two rooms, or in one room, and they find bed-settees of very great benefit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the living room there was a bit of linoleum, one seat and a broken settee. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can recall children watching the most innocuous of television films in the home and hiding behind the settee because they were frightened. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet not everybody requires a settee and two chairs, nor a wardrobe, dressing-table and chest, nor a sideboard, table and four chairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many will die, not from burns but from the thick, acrid smoke and toxic fumes that are rapidly generated when foam ignites in upholstered chairs and settees. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Because the dog was acting in such a way, it was imperative for us to break down walls, rip settees, wreck furniture and wreck the whole house. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of settee These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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