couch

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

couch [couch couches couched couching] noun, verb BrE [kaʊtʃ] NAmE [kaʊtʃ]
noun
1. a long comfortable seat for two or more people to sit on
Syn: ↑settee, Syn: ↑sofa
2. a long piece of furniture like a bed, especially in a doctor's office
•on the psychiatrist's couch

Word Origin:
Middle English (as a noun denoting something to sleep on; as a verb in the sense ‘lay something down’): from Old French couche (noun), coucher (verb), from Latin collocare ‘place together’, from col- ‘together’ + locare ‘to place’.

Example Bank:
•He was sprawled on the living-room couch watching TV.
•He's turned into a real couch potato since he subscribed to the sports channel.
•She settled down to read on the huge, overstuffed couch.
•She spends several hours a week on the psychiatrist's couch.
•The room contained an old worn couch.
•They sat down on the wide couch.
•You can sleep on the pull-out couch.

 
verb usually passive ~ sth (in sth) (formal)
to say or write words in a particular style or manner
•The letter was deliberately couched in very vague terms.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (as a noun denoting something to sleep on; as a verb in the sense ‘lay something down’): from Old French couche (noun), coucher (verb), from Latin collocare ‘place together’, from col- ‘together’ + locare ‘to place’.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  sofa, lounge, frame, redact, cast, put