n.
- 床;睡眠處[C][U]
Joe sat on the
bed.
喬坐在床上。
- 睡覺;就寢時間[U]
It's too early for
bed.
睡覺還太早。
- (河)床;(海,湖的)底;底部[C]
- 基礎;基座[C]
The statue rests on a
bed of concrete.
這座雕像立在混凝土的基座上。
- 苗床,花壇[C]
- 層;地層[C]
vt.
- 為……提供床舖(或宿處)[(+down)]
- 把……安置在(某種基礎上),將……嵌入[O]
The bullet
bedded itself in the wall.
這顆子彈嵌進了牆內。
- 把……栽於苗床(或花壇)[(+out)]
They
bedded the plants in good soil.
他們將這些秧苗栽在沃土中。
- 【口】和……發生性關係
vi.
- 睡,臥[(+down)]
I'll
bed down on the sofa.
我就睡在沙發上。
片語
bed down
- 宿夜
I'll
bed down on the chairs.
晚上我就睡在椅子上。
bed of roses
- 稱心如意的境遇
Marriage is not always a
bed of roses.
婚姻並不總是稱心如意的。
a bed of thorns/nails
- 極難受之處境
At any period of history it is the unemployed who find life to be
a bed of thorns.
在任何歷史階段,總是失業者才感受到生活的艱辛難熬。
have got out of bed on the wrong side
- 情緒不好
He must
have got out of bed on the wrong side today, because he has shouted at everybody in the office.
今天他準是情緒不佳,辦公室裡的每一個人他都訓斥了。
have made one's bed and have to lie in/on it
- 自食其果
He
has made his own
bed and now he
has to lie in it.
他自食苦果。
take to one's bed
- 臥病
I had to
take to my bed with a bad cold last week.
上週我重傷風,只好臥病在床。
辨析
n.
- a piece of furniture incorporating a mattress or other surface for sleeping or resting on.
▸a place for a patient in a hospital.
▸informal used with reference to a bed as a place for sexual activity.
- an area of ground where flowers and plants are grown.
- a flat base or foundation on which something rests or is supported.
▸chiefly N. Amer. the open part of a truck or cart, where goods are carried.
- a stratum or layer of rock.
- the bottom of the sea or a lake or river.
▸a place on the seabed where shellfish breed or are bred.
v.
(beds, bedding, bedded)
- provide with sleeping accommodation.
▸
(bed down)
settle down for the night in an improvised place.
- informal have sex with.
-
(bed something out)
transfer a plant from a pot or seed tray to the ground.
- fix firmly; embed.
▸lay or arrange in a layer.
Phrase
- bed and board
lodging and food. - bed of nails
a board with nails pointing out of it, as lain on by fakirs and ascetics. - a bed of roses
[usu. with neg.]
a situation or activity that is comfortable or easy. - be brought to bed
archaic (of a woman) give birth to a child. - get out of bed on the wrong side
start the day in a bad mood, which continues all day long. - put something to bed
informal make a newspaper ready for press.
Derivative
Etymology
OE bed, bedd (n.), beddian (v.), of Gmc origin.