- a piece of furniture for sleep or rest, typically a framework with a mattress and coverings床, 寝具：
a large double bed
一张大双人床
she was in bed by nine
她九点以前已经上床了
I'm ready for bed.
我就要去睡了。
- a bed and associated facilities comprising a place for a patient in a hospital（医院的）床位, 病床：
in 1987 nearly 4,000 beds were closed.
1987年将近有4,000张床位被停用。
- a bedroom卧室：
in combination a three-bed detached house.有三个卧室的独立住宅。
- a place or article used by a person or animal for sleep or rest（人或牲畜的）睡眠处, 憩息处, 窝; 卧具：
a bed of straw.
草窝。
- informal used with reference to a bed as the typical place for sexual activity〈非正式〉（做爱的）床：
she'd gone to bed with Tony willingly.
她曾自愿和托尼上过床。
- an area of ground, typically in garden, where flowers and plants are grown（尤指花园的）苗圃, 花圃：
a bed of tulips.
郁金香花圃。
- a flat base or foundation on which something rests or is supported, in particular基座, 基础, 尤指：
- the foundation of a road or railway（公路或铁路的）路基。
- chiefly N . Amer. the open part of a truck, wagon, or cart, where goods are carried〈主北美〉（敞开的）运货卡车（或铁路货车、大车）的装货区。
- the flat surface beneath the baize of a billiard table（桌球台绿呢下面的）台面板。
- a layer of something, in particular层, 尤指：
- a layer of food on which other foods are served菜底：
the salad is served on a bed of raw spinach.
色拉是由生菠菜作底端上桌的。
- a stratum or layer of rock岩层：
a bed of clay.
黏土层。
- the bottom of the sea or a lake or river海底, 湖底, 河床。
- with modifier a place on the seabed where shellfish, especially oysters or mussels, breed or are bred（牡蛎、贻贝等贝壳类动物的）海底生息地, 繁殖场所：
the Conwy mussel beds.
康维贻贝海床。
- （一般作be bedded）provide with sleeping accommodation为…提供床铺（或住宿）：
the children were bedded in the attic.
孩子们被安顿在阁楼里睡。
- no obj. settle down to sleep or rest for the night, typically in a improvised place（尤指临时在某处）过夜, 投宿：
he usually bedded down on newspapers in the church porch.
他通常在教堂的门廊上铺几张报纸睡下。
bed someone/thing down
settle a person or animal down to sleep or rest for the night安顿（人或牲畜）睡觉, 过夜。
- informal have sexual intercourse with〈非正式〉与…同房, 与…上床：
he should bed a woman of his own age and leave this girl alone.
他应该放掉这个女孩儿, 而去和年龄相当的女人上床。
- transfer (a plant) from a pot or seed tray to a garden plot把（植物）从花盆移栽到花圃：
I bedded out these house plants.
我把这些室内的盆栽植物移到了花圃中。
- （常作be bedded in /on）fix firmly; embed固定, 嵌入, 埋置：
the posts should be firmly bedded in concrete.
这些柱子应该用水泥牢牢固定。
- lay or arrange (something, especially stone) in a layer把（石头等）铺成一层。
- no obj.
bed in
settle down and become established安定下来, 稳定下来： a period of calm will allow the changes to bed in.
平静一段时间, 这些变化将会稳定下来。
bed of nails
- a board with nails pointing out of it, as lain on by fakirs and ascetics（苦行僧或禁欲主义者睡的）钉床。
- figurative a problematic or uncomfortable situation〈喻〉艰难的境况。
a bed of roses
- often with negative used in reference to a situation or activity that is comfortable or easy称心如意的境遇; 安乐窝：
farming is no bed of roses.
干农活可不是什么轻松愉快的事。
be brought to bed
- archaic (of a woman) give birth to a child〈古〉（女人）分娩：
she was brought to bed of a daughter.
她生了个女儿。
get out of bed on the wrong side
- start the day in a bad mood, which continues all day long一起床就一直心情不好。
in bed with
- informal having sexual intercourse with〈非正式〉与…同房, 与…上床。
- figurative in undesirably close association with〈喻〉与…有不当的亲密关系。
keep one's bed
- archaic stay in bed because of illness〈古〉（因病）卧床不起。
one has made one's bed and must lie in（或on）it
- one must accept the consequences of one's own actions人应该为自己的行为承担后果。
put someone to bed
- take or prepare someone, typically a child, for rest in bed安顿某人（尤指小孩）睡觉。
put something to bed
- informal make a newspaper or book ready for press〈非正式〉编辑加工（报纸、图书）以付印。
take to one's bed
- stay in bed because of illness（因病）卧床不起。