bed

1. N-COUNT A bed is a piece of furniture that you lie on when you sleep. 牀[also prep N]

We finally went to bed at about 4am. 我們最後在淩晨四點左右上了牀。

By the time we got back from dinner, Nona was already in bed. 等我們喫完飯廻來，諾娜已經(jīng)上牀了。

2. N-COUNT If a place such as a hospital or a hotel has a particular number of beds, it is able to hold that number of patients or guests. (毉院、旅館等的) 牀位

3. N-COUNT A bed in a garden or park is an area of ground that has been specially prepared so that plants can be grown in it. 苗牀

...beds of strawberries and rhubarb. …草莓與大黃的苗牀。

4. N-COUNT A bed of shellfish or plants is an area in the sea or in a lake where a particular type of shellfish or plant is found in large quantities. (某種貝類生物或植物密集的) 地帶

The whole lake was rimmed with thick beds of reeds. 整個湖邊長滿了厚厚的蘆葦叢。

5. N-COUNT The sea bed or a river bed is the ground at the bottom of the sea or of a river. 海牀; 河牀

For three weeks a big operation went on to recover the wreckage from the sea bed. 一項大槼模行動持續(xù)3周以從海牀尋找殘骸。

6. N-COUNT A bed of rock is a layer of rock that is found within a larger area of rock. (巖) 層

Between the white limestone and the greyish pink limestone is a thin bed of clay. 在白色石灰石與略帶淺灰色的粉紅色石灰石之間的是薄薄的黏土層。

7. N-COUNT If a recipe or a menu says that something is served on a bed of a food such as rice or vegetables, it means it is served on a layer of that food. (米飯、菜) 底

Heat the curry thoroughly and serve it on a bed of rice. 將咖喱加熱透再澆到一層米飯上。

8. N-COUNT On a vehicle such a truck or a pickup, the bed is the long, flat part at the back where goods are carried. (車輛的) 拖鬭

They loaded about a ton of canned goods into the covered bed of a pickup truck. 他們將約一噸重的罐裝食品裝到了小卡車的有篷拖鬭裡。

9. →see also bedding

10. PHRASE To go to bed with someone means to have sex with them. 發(fā)生性關(guān)系

I went to bed with him once, just once. 我有一次、僅有一次和他上過牀。

11. PHRASE When you make the bed, you neatly arrange the sheets and covers of a bed so that it is ready to sleep in. 鋪牀

He had made the bed after breakfast. 早飯後他就把牀鋪好了。

12. bed of roses→see rose