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单词 deathbed
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deathbed

(deθbed)
Word forms: plural deathbeds
countable noun [usually singular, usually with poss, oft on NOUN]
If someone is on their deathbed, they are in a bed and about to die.
He promised his mother on her deathbed that he would never marry.
...after the man who murdered him nearly 40 years ago made a deathbed confession.

deathbed in British English

(ˈdɛθˌbɛd)
noun
1. 
a. 
the bed in which a person is about to die
b. 
(as modifier)
a deathbed conversion
2.  on one's deathbed

deathbed in American English

(ˈdɛθˌbɛd)
noun
1. 
the bed on which a person dies
adjective
2. 
done or made in the last hours of life
a deathbed will
Idioms:
on one's deathbed

Examples of 'deathbed' in a sentence
deathbed

They are not merely woollen figurines, illustrative of a deathbed scene in some generic way.
Andrew Bridgeford 1066: and the Hidden History of the Bayeux Tapestry (2004)
She veers between charmingly flirtatious and excessively winsome, the latter especially when preparing for her deathbed scene.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Much better to imagine the deathbed scene, when at least you'll be around to lap up the attention.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
After nursing her father on his deathbed this year, she made a slip-up and forgot to pay for three months.
The Sun (2013)
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