名詞 cot:

1. a sheath worn to protect a finger
   同義詞：fingerstall
2. baby bed with high sides made of slats
   同義詞：crib
3. a small bed that folds up for storage or transport
   同義詞：camp bed

1. If the baby grew restless, the nurse would take him out of his cot and sing him to sleep.
   如果嬰兒煩躁不安，護士把他從搖床里抱出來，哼著催眠曲讓他人睡。
2. A hanging, easily swung cot or lounge of canvas or heavy netting suspended between two trees or other supports.
   吊床一種易擺動的吊床或躺椅，用帆布或厚網(wǎng)掛在兩樹或別的支撐物之間

cot

n.（名詞）
A narrow bed, especially one made of canvas on a collapsible frame.
小床：一種窄的床，尤指用帆布在具伸縮性框架上制成的
Chiefly British A crib.
【多用于英國】 搖籃

來源：
Hindi kh3ú
印地語 kh3ú
from Sanskrit khaúv3
源自 梵文 khaúv3
from Tamil kaúúu [to bind, tie]
源自 泰米爾語 kaúúu [栓住，系住]

<注釋>People might assume that there is nothing particularly exotic about the history of the wordcot. However,cot happens to be a good example of how words are borrowed from other cultures, becoming so firmly naturalized over time that they lose their émigré flavor. The British first encountered the object denoted bycot, a light frame strung with tapes or rope, in India, where their trading stations had been established as early as '2.The wordcot, first recorded in English in '34, comes fromkh3ú, the Hindi name for the contrivance. During subsequent years,cot has been used to denote other types of beds, including in British usage a crib.
人們也許會認(rèn)為cot 這個詞的詞源毫無特別的異國情調(diào)， 但是cot 恰巧是這樣一個好的例子——從別的文化中借來又變得如此根深蒂固，以致于隨著時間推移其丟失了外來語的味道。 英國人首先遇到這種叫做cot 的穿有帶子和繩子的框架是在印度， 他們早在'2年就在那里建了貿(mào)易站。單詞cot 在英語中首先記錄于'34年， 由印度語中表示這個東西的詞khat 而來。 在以后的歲月中，cot 已被用來指其他類型的床， 包括英國表示搖籃的用法

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cot
cot 2

n.（名詞）
A small house.
棚：小房子
A protective covering or sheath.
鞘：一種保護性的覆蓋物或套

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English
源自 古英語