单词 | co-sleeper |
释义 | co-sleepern. 1. A person who sleeps alongside or in close proximity to another, esp. one who regularly shares the same bed or bedroom; (now usually) spec. a child who sleeps in (or in the same room as) the parental bed. ΚΠ 1821 New Monthly Mag. 2 586 Kind husbands oft wink at faux-pas of co-sleepers. 1917 Lancet 21 July 85/1 All but a very few cases [of trench fever] could be traced to small groups of bedfellows, or rather co-sleepers. 1966 Psychiatry 29 360 The Japanese quilts of the several co-sleepers are usually laid out next to each other with the edges almost touching. 1998 Guardian 21 Oct. (G2 section) 7/4 Families with older co-sleepers are often those who didn't share a bed with their babies. 2013 L. Geddes Bumpology iii. ci. 178 A separate study found no difference in the rate at which babies gained weight between co-sleepers and babies who slept in cribs. 2. A proprietary name for: a cot which attaches to the side of a parent's bed to facilitate feeding and comforting of an infant at night. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > types of bed > [noun] > cot or cradle cradlec1000 cader?c1225 crete1340 cunablesa1549 rocker1566 wicker1646 crib1649 cather?1748 cunabula1774 cot1813 co-sleeper1997 1997 Re: Inappropriate Junk Mail in soc.support.pregnancy.loss (Usenet newsgroup) 25 Aug. An infant ‘co-sleeper’ that effectively solves some..co-sleeping device problems. 2001 A. Davis Mother of All Baby Bks. (2002) vi. 212 Both my husband and I were a little nervous about having the baby sleep in our bed.., so the co-sleeper was a good compromise. 2016 Irish Times (Nexis) 17 Dec. 2 To begin with, all you need are a crib, a Moses basket or a co-sleeper. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1821 |
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