单词 | bedside |
释义 | bedside (bedsaɪd ) 1. singular noun [usually NOUN noun] Your bedside is the area beside your bed. She put a cup of tea down on the bedside table. He drew a chair up to the bedside and sat down. 2. singular noun [usually with poss] If you talk about being at someone's bedside, you are talking about being near them when they are ill in bed. She kept vigil at the bedside of her critically ill son. She was called to her brother's bedside. Collocations: bedside cabinet I came to after surgery to find a large and beautifully soft bear of golden hue with velvety paws sitting on the bedside cabinet. Times, Sunday Times No doubt in the hope that she would take it home and pop it in the bedside cabinet for special occasions. The Sun As if to prove his point, he pulls open his bedside cabinet to reveal a tangle of barely identifiable odds and ends. Times, Sunday Times But he still claimed for refurbishments, including 525 garage doors and 2,550 fitted wardrobes and bedside cabinets. The Sun Items so mobilised to date include his workbenches in the garage, flowerpots, bedside cabinets and the dining table. Times, Sunday Times It's in my bedside drawer, near the panic button. Times, Sunday Times If you suspect you've become addicted to the weaponry you keep in your bedside drawer, throw it all away. The Sun Things may appear in places they should not be: adaptors in the fruit bowl, keys in the bedside drawer, bank statements on top of the fridge. Times,Sunday Times His bedside drawer would have more jewellery in it than hers. The Sun It takes me four hours to clean my bedroom, tipping the contents of my bedside drawers into a suitcase, scrubbing the floors, vacuuming, dusting and packing away all my clothes. Times, Sunday Times This nifty little speaker doubles as an ambient night-light and it can even be dimmed to use as a bedside reading lamp. The Sun There are good bedside reading lamps and stacks of glossy magazines. Times, Sunday Times This rich horde, beautifully produced and meticulously edited, will be my bedside reading for the rest of the year and beyond. The Times Literary Supplement Every detail had to be exactly right, down to the bedside reading lights. Times, Sunday Times He also prefers to pick his own bedside reading. Globe and Mail Fears are growing over his condition - described as 'stable but critical' - as his family continue to hold a bedside vigil. The Sun For eleven days she had maintained her bedside vigil, and when she finally called, she was nearly frantic. Christianity Today The 85-year-old has suffered multiple organ failure and his family are keeping a bedside vigil. The Sun They held a bedside vigil but two days later he was dead. The Sun Then they settled down to a bedside vigil for days on end, sleeping on the floor in his room and later at a hotel. Times, Sunday Times Just this weekend a normally unflappable friend texted from his brother 's hospital bedside. Times, Sunday Times (2013) She wrote as she kept vigil at her mother's hospital bedside. Times, Sunday Times (2013) They call an ambulance, bring grapes to their hospital bedside and slap them on the back for being a lionheart. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Translations: Chinese: 床边 Japanese: ベッドわき |
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