| 词组 | bed |
| 释义 | bed [bedded, bedded, bedding] bed down 1. bed down to lie down in order to got to sleep somewhere, especially on the floor, on the ground, on a chair etc: ▪ Angie didn't want to go home so late, so I told her she could bed down on the sofa. ▪ About twenty people had bedded down outside the shop, waiting for the sale to start. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑doss down BrE informal 2. bed down BrE if a new system beds down, it gradually becomes less new and strange and starts to work with fewer problems: ▪ It will be necessary to wait about six months for the reforms to bed down, before we can comment on their success. 3. bed sb/sth down • bed down sb/sth to make a person or animal ready for the night: ▪ It was Jim's job to look after the horses and bed them down for the night. 4. bed sb down • bed down sb AmE informal to have sex with someone - used when someone is proud of having done this: ▪ He claimed to have bedded down over 20,000 women. bed out bed out sth • bed sth out BrE to move young plants from where they have been growing indoors, and plant them outside in the ground: ▪ Sow the seeds in March, and bed them out in the vegetable garden in May. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑plant out BrE |
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