mattress: [13] Etymologically, a mattress is something ‘thrown’ down on the floor to lie on. The word comes via Old French materas and Italian materasso from Arabic matrah ‘mat, cushion’, a derivative of the verb taraha ‘throw’.
mattress (n.)
late 13c., from Old French materas (12c., Modern French matelas), from Italian materasso and directly from Medieval Latin matracium, borrowed in Sicily from Arabic al-matrah "the cushion" (also source of Spanish almadraque "mattress," Proven?al almatrac), literally "the thing thrown down," from taraha "he threw (down)."
例文
1. Choose a soft,medium or firm mattress to suit their individual needs.
彼らのそれぞれのニーズに合わせて、柔らかくて硬くてちょうど良い、または硬いマットレスを選ぶ。
2.The bunk mattress was hard,the blankets prickly and slightly damp.
このベッドのマットレスは硬く、毛布もきつく、しかも少し湿っている。
3.The mattress and base are normally bought as a set.
通常、マットレスとベッドフレームはセットで購入されます。
4.We had given him a large foam mattress to sleep on.