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单词 bedfellow
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Definition of bedfellow in English:

bedfellow

noun ˈbɛdfɛləʊˈbɛdˌfɛloʊ
  • 1A person who shares a bed with another.

    同床的人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They will keep out the growling, rasping or fluty snoring sounds from the ears of bedfellows and allow them to sleep peacefully.
    • For them, strange or strained bedfellows are more fun than no bedfellows at all, since the excitement is all in the conquest.
    • It appears they were bedfellows both figuratively and literally.
    • The way men perceive the educational status of their female bedfellows has changed.
    1. 1.1 A person or thing allied or closely connected with another.
      〈喻〉盟友,搭档;配套的东西
      big business and politics were inseparable bedfellows

      大企业和政治是一对不可分割的盟友。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Politics and network television programming make strange bedfellows.
      • But at the last minute, I went with my own thoughts and voted no, in spite of joining such strange bedfellows by so doing.
      • Campaigns like this can attract some strange bedfellows.
      • History and Hollywood have always been uneasy bedfellows.
      • Lenders will soon have a bedfellow to share their disturbing secrets.
      • Chaos and desperation became familiar bedfellows.
      • In this context, politics created strange bedfellows.
      • In general, violence and romance are uneasy bedfellows.
      • Industry and the environment are often seen as strange bedfellows.
      • Politics sometimes really does make for strange bedfellows.
      • Art and war may seem strange bedfellows, but often the needs of the one are answered by the other.
      • Heritage and recent history are strange bedfellows in today's political establishment.
      • Plus, world politics makes for strange bedfellows.
      • Let me live in my dream world where strange bedfellows become welcome friends.
      • Music and cartoons might seem like strange bedfellows to most.
      • Good storytelling and allegory make uncomfortable bedfellows.
      • Do tourism and religion make strange bedfellows?
      • But there are important ways in which liberty and equality are natural bedfellows.
      • Music and performance art can be awkward bedfellows.
      • History takes strange turns and politics makes strange bedfellows.

Definition of bedfellow in US English:

bedfellow

nounˈbɛdˌfɛloʊˈbedˌfelō
  • 1A person who shares a bed with another.

    同床的人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The way men perceive the educational status of their female bedfellows has changed.
    • For them, strange or strained bedfellows are more fun than no bedfellows at all, since the excitement is all in the conquest.
    • They will keep out the growling, rasping or fluty snoring sounds from the ears of bedfellows and allow them to sleep peacefully.
    • It appears they were bedfellows both figuratively and literally.
    1. 1.1 A person or thing allied or closely connected with another.
      〈喻〉盟友,搭档;配套的东西
      the treaty will make strange bedfellows of a number of enemies
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Campaigns like this can attract some strange bedfellows.
      • But there are important ways in which liberty and equality are natural bedfellows.
      • Music and cartoons might seem like strange bedfellows to most.
      • Let me live in my dream world where strange bedfellows become welcome friends.
      • Politics sometimes really does make for strange bedfellows.
      • Industry and the environment are often seen as strange bedfellows.
      • History takes strange turns and politics makes strange bedfellows.
      • History and Hollywood have always been uneasy bedfellows.
      • In this context, politics created strange bedfellows.
      • Music and performance art can be awkward bedfellows.
      • Do tourism and religion make strange bedfellows?
      • Lenders will soon have a bedfellow to share their disturbing secrets.
      • Heritage and recent history are strange bedfellows in today's political establishment.
      • In general, violence and romance are uneasy bedfellows.
      • Chaos and desperation became familiar bedfellows.
      • Good storytelling and allegory make uncomfortable bedfellows.
      • But at the last minute, I went with my own thoughts and voted no, in spite of joining such strange bedfellows by so doing.
      • Art and war may seem strange bedfellows, but often the needs of the one are answered by the other.
      • Politics and network television programming make strange bedfellows.
      • Plus, world politics makes for strange bedfellows.
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