| 单词 | bed of roses |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbed of roses b. Qualified by preposition phrase, as bed of death = deathbed n., also used as synonymous with next; bed of dust, the grave; bed of down, bed of flowers, bed of roses, (figurative) a delightful resting-place, a comfortable or easy position; bed of honour, honour's bed, (spec.) the grave of a soldier who has died on the field of battle; bed of pleasure; bed of sickness (cf. sickbed n.) that upon which a person lies during illness; bed of state, a superb and finely decorated bed for show, or for laying out the corpse of a distinguished person (see state bed n. at state n. Compounds 3a). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > bed for sick person sickbeda1400 bed of sicknessa1616 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [noun] > comfortable or easy position or resting-place feather-bedc1000 bed of downa1616 bed of pleasurea1616 bed of rosesa1616 bed of flowers1777 the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun] > of one who died in battle bed of honoura1616 honour's bed1838 war grave1915 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > types of bed > [noun] > other types of bed childbed1568 plank bed1584 table bed1633 earth-bed1637 pigeon-hole bed1685 box-bed1693 barbecue1697 plaid bedc1710 bed of state1713 pallet1839 high post1842 rocker1854 wire bed1882 lit bateau1895 string cot1895 sleigh bed1902 orthopaedic bed1943 high-low bed1956 futon1959 bateau lit1983 the world > life > death > [noun] > place of deathbedOE grass-bedOE fosse?a1425 death house1647 bed of death1734 bed of dust1747 deathplace1790 a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. iii. 230 Custome..Hath made the flinty..Cooch of warre, My thrice driuen bed of downe. View more context for this quotation 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. Sv Go then discreetly to the Bed of pleasure. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. M4v Thy bed of Roses. 1662 Bk. Common Prayer Visitation of Sick sig. cc5v Look down..upon this child now lying upon the bed of sickness. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 242 If he that is in Battel slain, Be in the Bed of Honour lain. 1677 C. Jeaffreson Let. 12 May in Young Squire 17th Cent. (1878) I. 212 Those of this island [sc. St. Christopher's] behaved themselves gallantly, and were most of them layd in the bed of honour. 1713 London Gaz. 5099/1 The Corps of the late King is expos'd in a Bed of State. 1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 400 Smooth the Bed of Death. 1747 Gentleman's Mag. July 326/1 In that Bed of Dust, I leave him to repose, till a general Resurrection. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 5 These rocks, by custom, turn to beds of down. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. v, in Wks. (1831) 890/1 Am I now reposing on a bed of flowers? 1806 Ld. Castlereagh 3 Apr. in Parl. Deb. (1806) 1st Ser. 6 707 The present administration may be considered as on a Bed of Roses. 1838 T. Jackson Early Methodists (1846) I. 377 My death-bed is a bed of roses. 1838 M. Howitt Birds & Flowers 64 That soldiers die upon honour's bed! bed of roses bed of roses n. figurative a delightful resting place; a comfortable or easy position. Cf. bed n. 6b. ΚΠ 1576 tr. Seneca in E. Aggas tr. P. de Mornay Def. of Death sig. E.viii Certainly no man learneth how in time of need to lye vpon a bed of Roses [L. in rosa iaceat], but rather how he may strengthen him self against torments. a1593 C. Marlowe Passionate Sheepheard in Englands Helicon (1600) sig. Aa.2 And I will make thee beds of Roses. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. M4v In thy bed of Roses, then,..Sleep, while we hide thee from the light. 1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour v. ii. 60 Think'st thou I lye on Beds of Roses here. 1733 J. Bland Ess. in Praise of Women ix. 245 These loose and dissolute Livers call Marriage a Bed of Roses among Thorns; and lest they should prick their Fingers, they will have no Hand in it. 1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 157 In vain do you seek repose from beds of roses. 1806 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 7 1243 So that he..does not imagine the directors lay on a ‘bed of roses’. 1838 T. Jackson Early Methodists (1846) I. 377 My death-bed is a bed of roses. 1895 Dict. National Biogr. XLIV. 396/2 These border commands were no beds of roses. 1925 W. Faulkner Let. 16 Apr. in Thinking of Home (1992) 200 Sonny will change his mind now, about how easy it is to run a post office. It is no bed of roses by a damsight. 1961 N. Roy Black Albino iii. 101 The people had long since realized their mistake in thinking that the chief who succeeded their beloved Tomaso would make life a bed of roses for them. 2003 M. Belson On the Press p. xii I cannot pretend that everything has been a bed of roses. Everyone has had their share of happiness and sorrow. < as lemmas |
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