6lowest layer 最下面一层 [singular]BOTTOM a layer of something that forms a base that other things are put on top of 底部;地基,基座
bed of
prawns on a bed of lettuce
铺在生菜上面的大虾
7HEOin river/water 在河里/在水中 [countableC] an area at the edge of a river or in deeper water where things grow 〔有某物生长的〕河边;水底
an oyster bed
牡蛎层
The birds build their nests in reed beds along the river bank.
鸟儿把巢筑在河边的芦苇丛中。
8.get out of bed on the wrong sideBritish EnglishBrE, get up on the wrong side of the bedAmerican EnglishAmEBAD-TEMPERED to feel slightly angry or annoyed for no particular reason 〔无缘由地〕感觉不对劲,心情不好
9not a bed of rosesDIFFICULTnot a happy, comfortable, or easy situation 不是一帆风顺,不是称心如意
Life isn’t always a bed of roses, you know.
要知道,人生并非总能事事如意。
10.you’ve made your bed and you must lie on itACCEPT spoken used to say that you must accept the results of your actions, even if they are bad 自己铺的床自己躺;自作自受,自食其果
You use on the bed when someone is not covered by sheets or blankets:
He sat on the bed and took off his shoes.
I lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling.
in bed
You use in bed when someone is covered with sheets or blankets:
I spent the morning in bed.
in the bed
You use in the bed to refer to a particular bed:
There was no one in the bed.
COLLOCATIONS
verbs
go to bed 上床睡觉
What time do you go to bed at night?
你晚上什么时候上床睡觉?
get into bed/get out of bed 上床/起床
I usually read for a bit after I get into bed.
我上床后一般都要看一会书。
climb into bed 爬上床
Lucy climbed into bed and lay awake thinking.
露西上床后躺着想事情。
crawl into bed (=get into bed feeling very tired) (疲惫地)爬上床
We finally crawled into bed at three in the morning.
凌晨三点钟我们终于爬上了床。
jump into/out of bed 跳上床/跳下床
I jumped out of bed and ran over to the window.
我跳下床跑到窗口。
nget somebody out of bed (=make someone get out of bed)
His mother couldn’t get him out of bed in the mornings.
nstay in bed (=not get up early/at the usual time)
At the weekend it’s really nice to be able to stay in bed.
make the bed (=tidy the sheets and covers after you get up) 铺床
nDon’t forget to make your bed before you go out!
change a bed (=put clean sheets on it) 换床单
nYou should change the beds at least once a fortnight.
put somebody to bed (=put a child in their bed) 安顿某人上床
nI put the baby to bed at 7 o'clock as usual.
take to your bed written (=go to bed because you feel ill) 【书面】〔因生病〕卧床
nGuy had a stomach ache and took to his bed.
adjectives
a single bed (=for one person) 单人床
nThere was only a single bed.
a double bed (=a bed for two people) 双人床
nWould you like a double bed or twin beds?
a king-size bed (=a very big double bed) 特大双人床
a queen-size bed (=a big bed for two people) 大双人床
twin beds (=two single beds in a room) 成对的单人床
bunk beds (=two single beds joined together one above the other) 双层床
nThe kids love sleeping in bunk beds.
a spare bed (=a bed for visitors to your home) 备用床,空床
nCome and stay any time – we have a spare bed.
na feather bed (=a bed with feathers in the mattress)
phrases
the foot/head of the bed (=the bottom/top of the bed) 床尾/床头
I woke up to find someone standing at the foot of the bed.
我醒来时发现有人站在床尾。
(it’s) time for bed (是)上床睡觉的时候
She sat and sewed until it was time for bed.
她坐着缝缝补补,直到该上床睡觉的时候。
Examples from the Corpus
bed• We made love in my big bed as the lemon light of winter days passed into reddish nights.• an old brassbed• Smoothstones covered the creekbed.• a doublebed• She slides her hand under the mattress on the double bed, brings out a revolver and slips it into her bag.• I tiptoe over to her bed and give her a nudge.• I was back in a few minutes, but the boy was not on his bed.• Were they to be three in that hugebed?• the river bed• The screens were around the bed and the draught from the door set them billowing like sails.• She thought Robin must sleep in this bed with Penny, curled around her protectively as you would sleep with a kitten.
in bed with• I dreamt that I was in Cardiff and in bed with the wife.• Talk about getting in bed with your readers.• Maryland should not follow in the footsteps of those states that symbolically got in bed with the Ku Klux Klan.• Other days, she would draw the curtains in their room and liein bed with a clothpressed to her forehead.• The brotherdied and Hubert spent two days lying in bed with the corpse of his brother.• The brass represents a woman sitting up in bed with two females standing on each side of the bed.• He was in bed with another woman.• Richard was in bed withdysentery.
bed• Are you about ready to bed down for the night, Bern?• So the total effect was like bedding down for the night on the north face of Kilimanjaro.• Luch bedded on a bag of bracken in a corner, but she and Ranald woke earlier than the old man.• It can also be used to bedwoodfloorblocks, cork and vinyltiles.
BEdBritish EnglishBrE, B.Ed. American English /biː ˈed/ noun [countableC]