| 单词 | down bed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdown bed down bed n. chiefly historical a bed that has a mattress stuffed with down. ΚΠ 1483 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. Introd. p. cxxiii A doun bed with a boster, with rufe and hedis of erras. ?1570 T. Drant Two Serm. ii. sig. h.iiv In vs Lorde thou art day and night tumbled miserably before their doores: In vs thy down bed pillowes are hard pauement stones. 1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 141* Louing in such a downe-bed to be placed. 1692 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. (1693) 24 A tender weakly constitution is very much owing to Downe-Beds. 1796 T. W. Tone Writings (2009) II. 429 There is not..a grenadier in the Compagnie Bloom that will not sleep tonight in his hammock more contentedly than the Archbishop of Dublin in a down bed. 2012 B. Donagan in E. Charters et al. Civilians & War in Europe, 1618–1815 iv. 64 Six very fine and large down beds with bolsters, valances and blankets. < as lemmas |
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