beds
柯林斯詞典
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(diǎn)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(gè)湖邊長(zhǎng)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(xiàng)大槼模行動(dòng)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
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