n.
- 床;睡眠處[C][U]
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Joe sat on the
bed.
喬坐在床上。
- 睡覺;就寢時間[U]
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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]
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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]
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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)]
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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)]
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I'll
bed down on the sofa.
我就睡在沙發上。
片語
bed down
- 宿夜
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.