cot
名词 n.
英 /kɒt/|/kɔt/
美 /kɔt/|/kɑt/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes.
— There was a flickering of lanterns about the camp that night, and a rumor that brought men out of their cots to the tent doors, a paddling of the naked feet of doolie-bearers and the rush of a galloping horse.
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A cottage or small homestead.
— the sheltered cot, the cultivated farm
- A small, crudely-formed boat.
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A cover or sheath; a fingerstall.
— a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame)
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A man who does household work normally associated with women.
— You know, that being an old bachelor, and somewhat of an epicure, he is at home, what the vulgar call a cot; and has laid down his spontoon for the tasting spoon, converted his sword into a carving knife, and his sash into a jelly bag.
- vulva; vagina.
- A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.
- A pen, coop, or similar shelter for small domestic animals, such as sheep or pigeons.
- A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.
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词源 1
Borrowed from Hindi खाट (khāṭ), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (khaṭṭā), from Sanskrit खट्वा (khaṭvā, “bedstead”).
词源 2
From Middle English cot, cote, from Old English cot and cote (“cot, cottage”), from Proto-Germanic *kutą, *kutǭ (compare Old Norse kot, Middle High German kūz (“execution pit”)), from Scythian (compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀 (kata, “chamber”)). Cognate to Dutch kot (“student room; small homestead”). Doublet of cote; more distantly related to cottage.
词源 3
From Irish coite, coit (“small boat”), possibly from Medieval Latin cattia (“pan”).
词源 4
From dialectal cot, cote, partly from Middle English cot (“matted wool”), from Old English *cot, *cotta, from Proto-Germanic *kuttô (“woolen fabric, wool covering”); and partly from Middle English cot, cote (“tunic, coat”), from Old French cote, from the same Germanic source (see English coat). Possibly influenced by English cotton.
词源 5
Contraction of cot-quean.
词源 6
Variant of cock
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