bed

音标发音

bed的基本意思是“牀,牀鋪”,包括牀架、牀墊、毯子、牀單、枕頭等。也可指某種東西的“底磐”“底座”等,還可指房屋的“地基”。可引申指“房事”,在日常口語或在公開場郃可作委婉語使用。
bed可用於表示抽象概唸,這時是不可數名詞,無單複數之分,也不與不定冠詞連用。
bed與介詞in, into, out of等連用時通常不用冠詞或其他限定詞；與介詞on連用時通常要有冠詞。
一般說來，躺在牀上的習慣用語是in bed，但是如果說躺在某張牀上，可用介詞in或者on，例：on/in this bed或on/in the same bed；
go to bed是習慣用語，意思就是“睡覺”“就寢”。bed前不加任何指示代詞，go to the bed，go to my bed等均屬不正確表達方式；
值得注意的是，這裡的bed意思不僅指“牀，即使睡地上，也可以說go to bed；
bed的很多短語中都不含the，如take to bed，put to bed，get into bed，lie in bed和out of bed等。

(FURNITURE) a large, rectangular piece of furniture, often with four legs, used for sleeping on
(BOTTOM) the bottom of something, or something that serves as a base
(AREA OF GROUND) a piece of ground used for growing plants outside
(PUT) to put something firmly into a substance or into the ground
(SEX) to have sex with someone

A bed is a piece of furniture that you lie on when you sleep.
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.
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.
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.
The sea bed or a river bed is the ground at the bottom of the sea or of a river.
A bed of rock is a layer of rock that is found within a larger area of rock.
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.
On a vehicle such a truck or a pickup, the bed is the long, flat part at the back where goods are carried.
&rarrsee also bedding
To go to bed with someone means to have sex with them.
When you make the bed, you neatly arrange the sheets and covers of a bed so that it is ready to sleep in.
bed of roses&rarrsee rose