单词 | bedridden |
释义 | bedridden (once / 11657 pages) adj Someone who's bedridden is so sick or elderly that they can't get out of bed. Your friend might have such a bad case of the flu that she's bedridden for several days and can't go to work or school. Most people who are bedridden are terribly ill and confined to their bed — or a hospital bed — until they recover. Very old people might also be bedridden because of weakness or pain. The word comes from the Old English bæddrædæn, "bedridden man," from the roots bedd, "bed," and rida, "rider." WORD FAMILYbedridden USAGE EXAMPLESHe was a silent man who got Parkinson's very young, so he was bedridden for the last 20 years of his life. BBC(Dec 06, 2016) Santello was bedridden and unable to walk up the stairs to the front door of his Grove Street home. Washington Times(Dec 05, 2016) “He was bedridden for over a month,” Bryan recalled. Washington Times(Dec 02, 2016) adj confined to bed (by illness) Syn bedfast, bedrid, sick-abed ill, sick affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function |
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