set·tee /seˈtiː/ noun [countableC] especially British EnglishBrE
DHFa long comfortableseat with a back and usually with arms, for more than one person to sit on 长沙发,长靠椅SYN sofa →4 See picture of 见图 SOFA
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settee• He is perched uncomfortably on a settee with a photoalbum on his knee.• All those redvelvetcurtains and goldentassels, and settees with little golden legs.• Choose either a suite with doublebed or large suite with double bed plus double bed settee for one or two children.• Romancaught her before she could fall and carried her to the small settee.• He went behind the settee and pretended to go to sleep.• Sorrel, asleep on the settee, suddenly became alert and looked expectantly in the direction of the kitchen.• Cliffswung me round with all his strength and flung me down on the settee.• He turned the fire off and sat down on the settee, looking at the woman all the while.
(BrE) ADJECTIVE | VERB + SETTEE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤comfortable, comfy (informal) 舒適的長椅▸➤leather, etc.真皮等長椅▸➤three-seater, two-seater三人座/兩人座沙發椅VERB + SETTEE➤sit (down) on, slump (down) on坐(到)長沙發上◇He slumped down exhausted on the settee.他筋疲力盡地跌坐在長椅上。➤lie on躺在長椅上➤fall asleep on在長椅上入睡PREPOSITION➤on the settee在長椅上◇She found her glasses lying on the settee.她發現自己的眼鏡擱在長椅上。PHRASES➤the arm of a settee, the back of a settee長椅扶手/靠背