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单词 put-you-up
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put-you-upn.

Brit. /ˈpʊtjuːʌp/, U.S. /ˈpʊtjuˌəp/
Forms: 1900s– Put-U-Up, 1900s– Put-u-Up, 1900s– put-U-up, 1900s– put-u-up, 1900s– put-you-up.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: put v., you pron., up adv.1
Etymology: < put v. + you pron. + up adv.1, after to put up 1d(a) at put v. Phrasal verbs 1.Originally a brand name (see quot. 1924). With forms in -U- compare U n.1 1b.
A sofa or settee which can be converted into a bed.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > types of bed > [noun] > folding bed for camp or travelling > sofa-bed or chair-bed
settee-bed1769
chair-bed1805
sofa-bed1805
sofa-bedstead1833
put-you-up1924
bed-settee1933
Knole sofa1942
Winnipeg couch1954
sleeper1973
1924 Trade Marks Jrnl. 20 Aug. 1898 Put-u-up... Settees convertible into bedsteads. Greaves & Thomas,..London,..manufacturers.
1948 G. V. Galwey Lift & Drop viii. 206 He did have a ‘Put-u-up’ in the office for firewatching.
1966 A. E. Lindop I start Counting i. 14 The sofa was one of those big double-bed Put-U-Ups.
1973 Country Life 22 Mar. 753/1 A sofa bedstead (an early form of put-you-up).
1990 L. Barber in Independent on Sunday 22 July (Review Suppl.) 12/1 ‘Do you want to see the gear?’ he asks, burrowing under the put-u-up to find his briefcase.
2001 J. Diamond C: Because Cowards get Cancer Too (new ed.) vii. 141 The room had two beds: a narrow but fully adjustable hospital bed for me, and an even narrower put-u-up.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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