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cot

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cot /kɒt $ kɑːt/ noun [countable]  1. cot.jpg British EnglishDHF a small bed with high sides for a baby or young child 〔有栏杆的〕婴儿床 SYN American English crib4  See picture of 见图 BED5 see picture at 见图 bed12. American EnglishDHF a camp bed 行军床,折叠床
Examples from the Corpus
cotCots were set up in the local high school for flood victims.The daughters slept in one bed, the parents in another, the son on a cot.Grandfather clocks, davenport desks, cots, piano, mangle, even silhouettes in tiny oval frames.She plops down on the empty cot and lifts a curtain to peer out the window.After recovering from an attack of shallow breathing he recovered and one nurse said he was smiling and cooing in his cot.Children's playground; playroom; paddling pool; children's section of main pool; cots and high chairs.Where stated a baby's cot can be supplied at a charge of £5 per week.Tlere was no way to keep the two cots curtained off; they were always being exposed to serve as sofas.Gandhi lay on a white cot in the prison yard under a spreading mango tree.
Origin cot (1600-1700) Hindi khat hammock, bed
cot nounChinese
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cot
cot /kɒt $ kɑːt/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Hindi
 Origin: khat 'hammock, bed'

1. British English a small bed with high sides for a baby or young child
   SYN  crib American English
2. American English a camp bed


cotBrE /kɒt/ 🔊NAmE /kɑːt/ 🔊 noun
(BrE) (NAmE crib) a small bed with high sides for a baby or young child (有围栏的)幼儿床a travel cot (= one that can be moved around easily, used when travelling) 旅行幼儿床   see also carrycot
(NAmE) (BrE ˈcamp bed) a light narrow bed that you can fold up and carry easily 折叠床;行军床