| 单词 | hospital bedstead |
| 释义 | > as lemmashospital bedstead hospital bed n. (a) a (metal) bed as used in hospitals, higher than an ordinary bed to facilitate nursing, and frequently adjustable in several ways; also hospital bedstead; (b) an available place in hospital for a bed patient. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > bed for sick person > in hospital hospital bed1823 pay-bed1855 cot1874 bed1881 orthopaedic bed1943 amenity bed1948 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > types of bed > [noun] > hospital bed hospital bed1823 cot1874 the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > available place in hospital hospital bed1952 1823 C. Mathews Let. 7 Feb. in A. Mathews Mem. C. Mathews (1838) III. 365 I slept in a bed on the road without even posts for curtains—a regular hospital-bed. 1859 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing viii. 47 Hospital bedsteads are..very much less objectionable than private ones. 1952 Oxf. Junior Encycl. X. 190/2 Small sums paid weekly during health might entitle contributors to a hospital bed in time of need. 1970 New Yorker 29 Aug. 55/1 He lends people hospital beds, which he happened to get at a good price. 1973 C. Mullard Black Brit. iv. 46 Overnight, blacks were suddenly held responsible for the unemployment figures.., lack of adequate social services, schools and hospital beds. < as lemmas |
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