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单词 daybed
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daybedn.

Brit. /ˈdeɪbɛd/, U.S. /ˈdeɪˌbɛd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: day n., bed n.
Etymology: < day n. + bed n.
Originally: †a bed used during the day (obsolete). In later use: a couch or similar piece of furniture used for daytime rest or sleep; (now usually) a couch that can be made up into a bed; a sofa bed. Also figurative.In quot. 1831: an act of sleeping or resting on a daybed.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > sofa or couch > [noun]
reclinatoryc1425
crabat1483
coucha1500
daybed1597
squab1664
repose1685
settee1716
sofa1717
long chair1750
duchesse1794
canapé1795
chaise-longue1800
sultane1803
chaise lounge1807
lounge1830
dormeuse1865
takht1884
méridienne1925
Berbice1951
lounger1964
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. vii. 72 He is not lulling on a lewd day bed . View more context for this quotation
1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. K A bench; which (in the vacation of the afternoone) he vses for his daybed.
1615 T. Overbury et al. New & Choise Characters with Wife (6th impr.) sig. L2 Hee is a day-bed for the Diuell to slumber on.
1658 T. Bancroft Time's out of Tune xv. 103 Stretching and yawning from his chair he goes, Upon his softer day-bed to repose.
1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 33 His Lord was lain down upon a Day-bed that join'd the Bathing-Room, and..was fallen a Sleep since he came out of the Bath.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. xii. 323 An old-fashioned day-bed, or settee.
1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son II. 193 A season or two of..day-beds, fetid air, nightly waltzes and quadrilles, rob her of youth.
1864 Mrs. H. Wood Ld. Oakburn's Daughter II. xix. 226 The little fellow, for whom a temporary day-bed had been made up in the parlour, was lying upon it asleep.
1925 Amer. Mercury Oct. 178/2 For the living room, taupe over-stuffed furniture with a few little tables for magazines and ash trays and a day bed—very stylish just then.
1979 O. Clark Diary 17 May (1998) 85 I woke early to find one of last nights' crowd on the day-bed with his wife.
2004 New Yorker 27 Sept. 72/1 The one I had seen in the lot was now lounging on a daybed in the pavilion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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