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单词 bed
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bedbed1 /bɛd/ ●●● S1 W1 noun Etymology Collocations Thesaurus 1SLEEP [countable, uncountable] a piece of furniture for sleeping on:  I was lying in bed reading. She looked like she had just gotten out of bed. Kim usually goes to bed at about eleven. She got into bed and turned off the light. Have you made your bed (=pulled the sheets, blankets etc. neatly into place)? I’ll just put the kids to bed. Come on Billy, it’s time for bed (=time to go to sleep). I usually watch the news just before bed (=before going to bed).2RIVER/LAKE/OCEAN [countable] earth science the flat ground at the bottom of a river, lake, etc.:  I picked up a stone from the river bed. see thesaurus at ground13SEX [uncountable] informal used in order to refer to having sex:  She wouldn’t go to bed with him until they were married.4GARDEN [countable] an area of a garden, park, etc. that has been prepared for plants to grow in:  We walked around the garden and looked at the rose beds.5LOWEST LAYER [countable usually singular] a layer of something that forms a base that other things are put on top of: bed of The pasta salad was served on a bed of lettuce.6INVOLVED WITH somebody/something people or organizations that are in bed with each other have a close involvement that gives them special advantages:  A lot of people believe Congress is in bed with big business.7ROCK [countable] earth science, geography a layer of rock see also bedrock8get up on the wrong side of the bed spoken to feel slightly angry or annoyed for no particular reason:  Ooh, looks like somebody got up on the wrong side of the bed today.9put something to bed informal if you put something such as a piece of work or problem to bed, you finish it or solve it10oyster/coral etc. bed a place at the bottom of an area of water or near an area of water where there are a lot of oysters, etc.11a bed of roses a phrase meaning a happy, comfortable, or easy situation, used especially in negative sentences:  Brian’s life hasn’t exactly been a bed of roses (=he has had a very hard life).12you’ve made your bed and you have to lie in it spoken used to say that you must accept the bad results of your actions[Origin: Old English bedd]COLLOCATIONSverbsgo to bed What time do you go to bed at night?get into bed I usually read for a few minutes after I get into bed.get out of bed He got out of bed and took a shower.climb into bed Lucy climbed into bed and lay awake thinking.lay in bed She lay in bed listening to her husband snoring.crawl/fall into bed (=get into bed feeling very tired) We finally crawled into bed at three in the morning.jump out of bed I jumped out of bed and ran over to the window.make the bed (=pull the sheets, blankets, etc. neatly into place) Don’t forget to make your bed before you go out!put somebody to bed (=put a child in their bed) I put the baby to bed at 7 o’clock as usual.tuck somebody into bed (=make a child comfortable in bed by arranging the sheets) She read her son a story and tucked him into bed.stay in bed (=not get up early/at the usual time) On the weekend it’s really nice to be able to stay in bed.get somebody out of bed (=make someone get out of bed) His mother couldn’t get him out of bed in the mornings.curl up in bed (=lie in bed with your knees bent) I curled up in bed with a good book.share a bed It was then common for children to share a bed with their brothers or sisters.wet the bed (=urinate in bed) Small children often wet the bed.take to your bed written (=go to bed because you feel sick) He had a stomach ache and took to his bed.slip into bed (=get into bed quietly) She slipped into bed so her husband would not wake up.the bed squeaks/creaks The bed creaked as I sat down on it.adjectives/nouns + bedan unmade bed (=one that does not have sheets, blankets, etc. neatly in place) He threw his clothes on the unmade bed.a warm bed I wish I were still in my nice warm bed.a comfortable bed I was tired and could hardly wait to get back to my comfortable bed.a narrow bed We lay together in her narrow bed.an empty bed He saw that the bed was empty and hadn’t been slept in.a twin bed (also a single bed) (=for one person) There was only a single bed.a double bed (=a bed for two people) The hotel has rooms with double beds or twin beds.queen-size/king-size bed (=bigger double beds) Many couples like to sleep in queen-size beds.bunk beds (=two single beds joined together one above the other) The kids love sleeping in bunk beds.a sofa bed (=a bed that folds out from inside a sofa) I made up the sofa bed for him to sleep on.a four-poster bed (=a large bed with tall posts at each corner, a cover at the of the posts, and sometimes curtains at the sides) As a little girl, she had wanted a four-poster bed because it seemed so romantic.hospital bed (=a special bed for sick people) The patient was resting in the hospital bed.bed + nounsbed sheets/linens The bed sheets need to be changed.bed rest (=a period of time when someone stays in bed for medical reasons) The doctor ordered bed rest for her during the last month of the pregnancy.
noun | verb
bedbed2 verb [transitive] Verb Table 1to put something firmly and deeply into something else: bed in The foundations were bedded in cement.2 (also bed out) to put plants into the ground so that they can growbed down phrasal verb1 to sleep somewhere that is not your bed and where you do not usually sleep:  About 65 homeless people bedded down in a school gymnasium.2bed somebody/something down to make a person or animal comfortable for the night
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