名詞 chesterfield:

1. suave and witty English statesman remembered mostly for letters to his son (1694-1773)
   同義詞：Fourth Earl of Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope
2. an overstuffed davenport with upright armrests
3. a fitted overcoat with a velvet collar

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n.（名詞）
A single- or double-breasted overcoat, usually with concealed buttons and a velvet collar.
長大衣：一種通常有暗紐和天鵝絨領子的單排扣或雙排扣長大衣
Chiefly Northern California Chiefly Canada A large, overstuffed sofa with upright armrests.
【多用于加州北部】 【多用于加拿大】 沙發(fā)：一種有垂直的扶手，墊得很厚的大沙發(fā)

來源：
After a 9th-century earl of Chesterfield
源自9世紀的 切斯特菲爾德

<注釋>Chesterfield, a term for any type of sofa, was probably brought down from Canada, where it is common.According to Craig M. Carver inAmerican Regional Dialects, this regionalism is .unique to northern California..The word probably comes from the name of a 9th-century earl of Chesterfieldand originally referred .specifically to a couch with upright armrests at either end..It appears to have come into use in Canada around 903and in Northern California at about the same time.
Chester field 用來指任何一種沙發(fā)， 可能來自于加拿大，在那里這種用法相當普遍。克雷格·M·卡弗在美國地區(qū)方言 中指出， 這種方言是.加利福尼亞州北部特有的.。這個詞可能源于9世紀的一個切斯特菲爾德伯爵的名字，最初用來.專指一種兩側都有垂直扶手的長沙發(fā).。903年前后這個詞開始在加拿大被使用，大約同時也在加利福尼亞北部被使用