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单词 well-bedded
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well-beddedadj.

Brit. /ˌwɛlˈbɛdᵻd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈbɛdəd/
Forms: see well adv. and n.4 and bedded adj.; also late Middle English weel beddes (transmission error).
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., bedded adj.
Etymology: < well adv. + bedded adj.
Existing in or having a good bed or beds; thoroughly or properly bedded (in various senses).
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > a layer > [adjective]
well-bedded1425
flaked1577
tabulated1794
bedded1830
layered1852
1425 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 2 Weel bedded [MS beddes] stonys þat shuld rise but a fote in þe walle and ben ankered iche of hem with other.
a1450 in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) I. 367 First, j cours of platt Yorkschire stone playne and well bedded.
1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) v. xviii. 557 Then you shall lay it on a well-bedded kilne.
1777 J. Williams Acc. Anc. Ruins xii. 67 Perhaps they knew not the use of any kind of cement in their power, fit to compact a firm and solid building, with well-bedded ruble stones.
1833 Farmers' Reg. Dec. 386/1 Every piece of well bedded flat land has in every water furrow such a drain as I have recommended.
1881 W. King & T. H. Rowney Old Chapter Geol. Rec. 49 The rocks of the locality are well-bedded metamorphics.
1926 Farmers' Bull. No. 1437. 13 During the suckling period sows and pigs should always be provided with dry, warm, well-bedded sleeping quarters.
1952 W. J. Miller Introd. Hist. Geol. (ed. 6) xxiii. 366 (caption) The well-bedded, nearly horizontal shales were laid down in a great fresh-water lake.
2002 Backwoods Home Mag. July 79/3 With any goat, just be sure they have a well-bedded shelter, providing protection from driving rain or snow.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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