bed down
短语安排(人/动物)舒服地睡觉, 使自己舒服地睡觉
词形变化
释义与例句
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1.
To lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery, or of people when sleeping somewhere worse than normal, often camping or in prison.
不及物2006, Temple Grandin, Jennifer Lanier and Mark Deesing, Low Stress Methods for Moving and Herding Cattle on Pastures, Paddocks and Large Feedlot Pens, Department of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University The herd will tend to stay where the calves bed down.
The horses will bed down once they get in the stable.
The tent was an uncomfortable place to bed down.
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2.
To put an animal to rest for the night.
及物We'll bed down the cattle and head into town.
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3.
To sleep with or sleep alongside (a person or pet).
及物Who has she been bedding down with?
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4.
To or become make permanent, fixed or wedded to a particular setup, way of thinking, style or manner.
及物/不及物 比喻A habit can easily become bedded down.
The new batch of employees soon bedded down.