英语词汇“couchette”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

couchette

释义

‖ couchette|kuːˈʃɛt|
[F. couchette, lit. ‘little bed’, f. couche couch n.¹]
A Continental railway carriage in which the seats are convertible into sleeping-berths; such a berth. Also attrib.
1920Bradshaw's Continental Guide July-Sept. p. iv (Advt.), Paris (Lyon)..Marseilles, 1st class Couchettes.1928Observer 11 Mar. 10/4 The adaptation of existing third-class corridor coaches so as to provide sleeping accommodation something on the lines of the French ‘couchette’.1930E. Waugh Labels 29, I booked a couchette, which, I am told, is the way Frenchmen always travel. It is a carriage for four, with two berths which open from the wall above the seats. You can lie full length on these, covered with rugs.1950T. S. Eliot Cocktail Party iii. 142, I had to travel in a very slow train And in a couchette.1958Spectator 13 June 772/1 Why on earth, then, has the continental couchette system not been exploited here? By this means, sleepers can be converted into seats in a few seconds.1969Daily Tel. 6 Oct. 9/8 You can choose..couchettes (six to a compartment).

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