a long comfortable seat with a back and arms, for two or more people to sit on synonym sofa, couch长沙发 He slumped down exhausted on the settee. 他筋疲力尽地跌坐在长椅上。 She found her glasses lying on the settee. 她发现自己的眼镜搁在长椅上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- comfortable
- comfy
- leather
- …
- sit (down) on
- lie on
- fall asleep on
- …
- on the settee
- the arm of a settee
- the back of a settee
Word Originearly 18th cent.: perhaps a fanciful variant of the noun settle.