虽然“沙发”是个外来词, 但大家都知道它的意思.用英语怎么说？

虽然“沙发”是个外来词, 但大家都知道它的意思.

Although & quot ; sofa & quot ; is a loanword, everyone knows its meaning.

although

conj. 尽管，虽然，但是，然

例句
He was in love with her, although he did not put that name to it.
他爱着她，虽然他没有将其称为爱。

sofa

n. 沙发；

例句
...sitting on the sofa browsing through the TV pages of the paper...
坐在沙发上翻阅报纸上的电视节目版面

is

vt.& vi. 是（be的三单形式；n. 存在；

例句
Bollinger 'RD' is a rare, highly prized wine.
博林格RD香槟是一种名贵的备受推崇的葡萄酒。

loanword

n. 外来词，借用词；

例句
It is not necessary that the meaningful transliteration a loanword of semantic transliteration.
字面上有意义的音译词并不一定就是音意兼译的外来词.

everyone

pron. 每人，人人；

例句
I had asked everyone to submit questions in advance of the meeting.
我已请每个人在会议之前提交问题。

knows

v. 知道( know的第三人称单数 )，看到过，听到过，经历过；

例句
He loves animals and he knows all about them...
他热爱动物并且对它们了如指掌。

its

pron. (it的所有格形式)它的，厥；

例句
The government is to accelerate its privatisation programme.
政府将加快其私有化计划的进程。

meaning

n. 意思，意义，含义，意图；adj. 有意思的，意味深长的；vt. 意味(mean的现在分词)，意思是；

例句
The term Wissenschaft has a much broader meaning than the English word 'science'.
Wissenschaft这个术语比英语词science含义更广。