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couchette

/kuːˈʃɛt

noun

1A railway carriage with seats convertible into sleeping berths.At Belgrade I was left looking after the luggage while my husband went off to organize a couchette or wagon-lit for the rest of the journey....

We had couchettes (lie down chairs) on this train, but I slept poorly because of all the stops we were making.
To avoid hotel bills, we took overnight trains and booked couchettes.

1.1A berth in a couchette.The company takes off on the sleeper - cue for much squabbling among the bunk-hopping young lovers as to who sleeps with whom in which couchette - which makes a timely departure in a convincing billow of smoke....

Sleeping on overnight trains is common (though couchettes cost extra).
The fully loaded walk through five cars to the couchettes was amazing.

Origin

1920s: French, literally 'little bed', diminutive of couche 'a couch'.

单词	couchette
释义	couchette /kuːˈʃɛt / noun 1A railway carriage with seats convertible into sleeping berths.At Belgrade I was left looking after the luggage while my husband went off to organize a couchette or wagon-lit for the rest of the journey.... We had couchettes (lie down chairs) on this train, but I slept poorly because of all the stops we were making. To avoid hotel bills, we took overnight trains and booked couchettes. 1.1A berth in a couchette.The company takes off on the sleeper - cue for much squabbling among the bunk-hopping young lovers as to who sleeps with whom in which couchette - which makes a timely departure in a convincing billow of smoke.... Sleeping on overnight trains is common (though couchettes cost extra). The fully loaded walk through five cars to the couchettes was amazing. Origin 1920s: French, literally 'little bed', diminutive of couche 'a couch'. Rhymes abet, aiguillette, anisette, Annette, Antoinette, arête, Arlette, ate, baguette, banquette, barbette, barrette, basinet, bassinet, beget, Bernadette, beset, bet, Bette, blanquette, Brett, briquette, brochette, brunette (US brunet), Burnett, cadet, caravanette, cassette, castanet, charette, cigarette (US cigaret), clarinet, Claudette, Colette, coquette, corvette, courgette, croquette, curette, curvet, Debrett, debt, dinette, diskette, duet, epaulette (US epaulet), flageolet, flannelette, forget, fret, galette, gazette, Georgette, get, godet, grisette, heavyset, Jeanette, jet, kitchenette, La Fayette, landaulet, launderette, layette, lazaret, leatherette, let, Lett, lorgnette, luncheonette, lunette, Lynette, maisonette, majorette, maquette, Marie-Antoinette, marionette, Marquette, marquisette, martinet, met, minaret, minuet, moquette, motet, musette, Nanette, net, noisette, nonet, novelette, nymphet, octet, Odette, on-set, oubliette, Paulette, pet, Phuket, picquet, pillaret, pincette, pipette, piquet, pirouette, planchette, pochette, quartet, quickset, quintet, regret, ret, Rhett, roomette, rosette, roulette, satinette, septet, serviette, sestet, set, sett, sextet, silhouette, soubrette, spinet, spinneret, statuette, stet, stockinet, sublet, suffragette, Suzette, sweat, thickset, threat, Tibet, toilette, tret, underlet, upset, usherette, vedette, vet, vignette, vinaigrette, wagonette, wet, whet, winceyette, yet, Yvette
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