sofa

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so·fa /ˈsəʊfə $ ˈsoʊ-/ ●●● S3 noun [countable]   DHFa comfortable seat with raised arms and a back, that is wide enough for two or three people to sit on 〔两人或三人坐的〕长沙发 SYN couch, British English settee →4  See picture of 见图 sofa

Examples from the Corpus

sofa• If they sat on a sofa, they sat close together; often they shared an armchair.• He looked very big filling up that little sofa.• She retreated back downstairs, and climbed on to the mildewed sofa, hugging her knees up to her chin.• Then Stan rises from the sofa and goes outside for a cigarette.• On the table in front of the sofa was a vase holding four pink roses, the blooms in various stages of uncurled perfection.• Whitlock smiled at her then looked beyond her at the couple on the sofa.• Instead, I took my shoe off and lay down on the sofa.Origin sofa (1600-1700) Arabic suffah “long seat”

so·fa nounChineseSyllable  

raised a is with seat back, arms that Corpus a and comfortable

sofa
so‧fa /ˈsəʊfə $ ˈsoʊ-/ noun [countable]
a comfortable seat with raised arms and a back, that is wide enough for two or three people to sit on
   SYN  couch, settee British English

sofaBrE /ˈsəʊfə/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsoʊfə/ 🔊 noun

a long comfortable seat with a back and arms, for two or more people to sit on 长沙发 SYN settee, couch