【原】Metro English - 175 - Interesting Home Furnitures - Living Room

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Interesting Home Furnitures - Living Room 有趣的家具-客厅

Living room may contain furnishings such as a sofa, chairs, occasional tables, coffee tables, bookshelves, electric lamps, rugs, or other furniture. And there are some of the furnitures not only interesting in names but also worthy of knowing.

客厅可能包含家具，如沙发、椅子、桌子、咖啡桌、书架、电灯、地毯或其他家具。还有一些家具的名字很有趣，也有一些值得知道的东西。

Wing Chair 翼椅

A wing chair (also, wing-back chair or wing-back) is an easy chair or club chair with "wings" mounted to the back of the chair, typically, but not always, stretching down to the arm rest. The purpose of the "wings" was to enclose the head or torso areas of the body in order to provide comfortable protection from drafts, and to trap the heat from a fireplace in the area where the person would be sitting. Hence, in historic times these are often used near a fireplace. Currently most examples of wing chairs are fully upholstered with exposed wood legs, but, many of the oldest wing chair examples have an exposed frame with padded cushions at the seat, arm rests, back and sometimes wings.

翼椅（也可称为翼背椅）是一种简单的椅子或俱乐部椅，其“翼”安装在椅背上，通常但并不总是向下延伸至扶手。“翅膀”的目的是将身体的头部或躯干区域围起来，以提供舒适的通风保护，并在人坐的地方从壁炉中吸收热量。因此，从前，这些通常用于壁炉附近。现在，大多数的翼椅都是用暴露的木腿完全装潢的，但是，许多最古老的翼椅都有一个暴露的框架，在座椅、扶手、靠背和翼的部分有软垫子。

They were first introduced in England during the 1600s, and the basic design has remained unchanged since. They did not become popular until the 1720s.

它们最早是在17世纪引入英国的，此后基本设计一直保持不变。直到17世纪20年代才流行起来。

Cushion 靠垫

A cushion is a soft bag of some ornamental material, stuffed with wool, hair, feathers, polyester staple fiber, non-woven material, or even paper torn into fragments. It may be used for sitting or kneeling upon, or to soften the hardness or angularity of a chair or couch. Decorative cushions often have a patterned cover material, and are used as decoration for furniture.

靠垫是由一些装饰材料制成的软袋，里面塞满了羊毛、头发、羽毛、涤纶短纤维、无纺布材料，甚至撕成碎片的纸。它可以用来坐或跪，或用来椅子或沙发的硬度或棱角。装饰垫子通常有图案，用作家具的装饰。

Some dialects of English use this word to refer to throw pillows as well.

有一些英语的方言也称它为throw pillows。

The cushion is a very ancient article of furniture; the inventories of the contents of palaces and great houses in the early Middle Ages constantly made mention of them. Cushions were then often of great size, covered with leather, and firm enough to serve as a seat, but the steady tendency of all furniture has been to grow smaller with time. Today, the cushion is considered an upholstery item.

垫子是一种非常古老的家具，中世纪早期的宫殿和大房子的目录中经常提到它们。当时的靠垫通常很大，上面覆盖着皮革，足够结实，可以作为座椅使用，但所有家具的稳定趋势是随着时间的推移逐渐变小。如今，这种靠垫被认为是一种室内装潢用品。

Accent Table 装饰性案、桌、几

There are many styles of accent tables, so there’s one out there for every decor. The most common style is an end table, or side table, or coffee table and console table.

有很多风格的装饰桌，所以总有一款适合你。最常见的样式是端桌或咖啡桌和带装饰的条案。

Accent tables can be classified into three basic shapes: round, square and abstract, with infinite variations available.

装饰桌可以分为三种基本形状：圆形、方形和抽象的、无穷变化的形态的。

An end table is a table that is placed at the…..wait for it…..the "end" of a piece of furniture. Yes, it really IS that simple.

端桌是放在……等着……一件家具的“端”的桌子。是的，真的很简单。·