chesterfield沙发；软领长大衣

【使用地区】：美国，英国，加拿大

【释义】：

Three different meanings here：The British call a large，overstuffed sofa a chesterfield，while the Canadians apply the name to any sofa and Americans sometimes use it for a man’s velvet—collared overcoat with concealed buttons．The couch and the man’s overcoat called a chesterfield were introduced in the nineteenth century．Both may have been named in honor of Philip Dormer Stanhope，the fourth earl of Chesterfield(1694－1773)，but it is more likely that they commemorate a later earl of Chesterfield，who may even have invented them．Just which earl no one knows．

此词有三个词义。英国人把“垫背厚软的长沙发”称之为chesterfield；加拿大人则指任何种类的“沙发”；美国人用此词表示一种“男子穿的天鹅绒领子的有暗扣长大衣”。“沙发”和“软领长大衣”这两个词义都是在19世纪开始使用的。两者都是为了纪念切斯特菲尔德(Chesterfield)第四位伯爵Philip Dormer Stanhope(1694－1773)而命名的。但这两个意义很有可能是为了纪念切斯特菲尔德(Chesterfield)后来的一位伯爵，并且有可能是他创造了这两个用法。至于是哪位伯爵，则无人知晓。