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单词 fauteuil
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Definition of fauteuil in English:

fauteuil

noun fəʊˈtəːifōˈtœyə
  • A wooden seat in the form of an armchair with open sides and upholstered arms.

    (扶手上装垫子的)安乐椅,太师椅

    a set of six Louis XV fauteuils
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Because only the self-indulgent king was allowed to sit in a fauteuil, or armchair, there was an abundance of lowly stools and benches - all covered in regal fabrics: velvets, damasks, gold-threaded brocades, and embroidered silk.
    • The furniture pictured includes a mahogany Philadelphia sofa of about 1815 and a pair of French mahogany fauteuils made about 1835.
    • With a range of furnishings, from chiffonier, davenport and farthingale chairs to fauteuil and ottomans, aesthetes can choose from wide range at the exhibition.
    • The exact date and circumstances of Joseph's acquisition of the fauteuil are uncertain.
    • Later fauteuils of this type by Jacob Freres and Jacob Desmalter are typically entirely gilded, rendering them more opulent than those designed for the Salle du Conseil.

Origin

French, from Old French faudestuel, from medieval Latin faldistolium (see faldstool).

Definition of fauteuil in US English:

fauteuil

nounfōˈtœyə
  • A wooden seat in the form of an armchair with open sides and upholstered arms.

    (扶手上装垫子的)安乐椅,太师椅

    a set of six Louis XV fauteuils
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Later fauteuils of this type by Jacob Freres and Jacob Desmalter are typically entirely gilded, rendering them more opulent than those designed for the Salle du Conseil.
    • The furniture pictured includes a mahogany Philadelphia sofa of about 1815 and a pair of French mahogany fauteuils made about 1835.
    • With a range of furnishings, from chiffonier, davenport and farthingale chairs to fauteuil and ottomans, aesthetes can choose from wide range at the exhibition.
    • The exact date and circumstances of Joseph's acquisition of the fauteuil are uncertain.
    • Because only the self-indulgent king was allowed to sit in a fauteuil, or armchair, there was an abundance of lowly stools and benches - all covered in regal fabrics: velvets, damasks, gold-threaded brocades, and embroidered silk.

Origin

French, from Old French faudestuel, from medieval Latin faldistolium (see faldstool).

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