bed /bɛd/ star4 CET4 TEM4 (beds)

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） A bed is a piece of furniture that you lie on when you sleep. 床 [also prep N]

  例：

  We finally went to bed at about 4am.

  我们最后在凌晨四点左右上了床。

• 2.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） 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. (医院、旅馆等的) 床位
• 3.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） 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. 苗床

  例：

  ...beds of strawberries and rhubarb.

  …草莓与大黄的苗床。

• 4.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） 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. (某种贝类生物或植物密集的) 地带

  例：

  The whole lake was rimmed with thick beds of reeds.

  整个湖边长满了厚厚的芦苇丛。

• 5.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） The sea bed or a river bed is the ground at the bottom of the sea or of a river. 海床; 河床

  例：

  For three weeks a big operation went on to recover the wreckage from the sea bed.

  一项大规模行动持续3周以从海床寻找残骸。

• 6.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A bed of rock is a layer of rock that is found within a larger area of rock. (岩) 层

  例：

  Between the white limestone and the greyish pink limestone is a thin bed of clay.

  在白色石灰石与略带浅灰色的粉红色石灰石之间的是薄薄的黏土层。

• 7.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） 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. (米饭、菜) 底

  例：

  Heat the curry thoroughly and serve it on a bed of rice.

  将咖喱加热透再浇到一层米饭上。

• 8.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） On a vehicle such a truck or a pickup, the bed is the long, flat part at the back where goods are carried. (车辆的) 拖斗

  例：

  They loaded about a ton of canned goods into the covered bed of a pickup truck.

  他们将约一吨重的罐装食品装到了小卡车的有篷拖斗里。

• 9.  

  （） → see also bedding
• 10.  

  PHRASE（习语） To go to bed with someone means to have sex with them. 发生性关系

  例：

  I went to bed with him once, just once.

  我有一次、仅有一次和他上过床。

• 11.  

  PHRASE（习语） When you make the bed, you neatly arrange the sheets and covers of a bed so that it is ready to sleep in. 铺床

  例：

  He had made the bed after breakfast.

  早饭后他就把床铺好了。

• 12.  

  （） bed of roses →see rose