英语词组put to bed是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

Idiom

put to bedput (something) to bed

to finish dealing with something.

This is an opportunity for us to put some of these problems to bed.

to get a newspaper, magazine, or book ready to be printed.

You put the paper to bed and you're proud of it, but the next morning you find the world has changed while it's been printed.

to clean a garden after the plants have died.

It takes about two weeks to put the garden to bed.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of put someone to bed (= to help someone get ready to lie down in bed and sleep)

put (someone or something) to bed

1. To help someone, typically a child, prepare for and get into bed at night. I'll give you a call after I put the kids to bed. Tom had a bit too much to drink, so I'm going to put him to bed.

2. To complete something or some initial preparatory phase. I thought you'd put the proofreading for that edition to bed weeks ago! We should be able to put this project to bed next week.

3. To stop discussing, thinking about, or focusing on something. OK, I think we have to agree to disagree. Let's just put the issue to bed and stop arguing. Why are you still being so jealous? I thought we'd put this all to bed ages ago.

put someone to bed

and send someone to bed

to make someone go to bed. Mother put Jimmy to bed and kissed him. Sally was naughty and was sent to bed.

put something to bed

Fig. to complete work on something and send it on to the next step in production, especially in publishing. (From put someone to bed.) This week's edition is finished. Let's put it to bed. Finish the editing of this book and put it to bed.

put to bed

Complete something and either set it aside or send it on to the next step, as in We put the magazine to bed at ten, or They said they'd put the whole project to bed at least a month ago. This expression, transferring nighttime retirement to other kinds of completion, was first applied to a newspaper, where it meant "send to press," that is, start to print. [Mid-1900s]

put to bed

Informal

1. To make final preparations for the printing of (a newspaper, for example).

2. To make final preparations for completing (a project).

词组	put to bed
释义	Idiom put to bedput (something) to bed 1. to finish dealing with something. This is an opportunity for us to put some of these problems to bed. 2. to get a newspaper, magazine, or book ready to be printed. You put the paper to bed and you're proud of it, but the next morning you find the world has changed while it's been printed. 3. to clean a garden after the plants have died. It takes about two weeks to put the garden to bed. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of put someone to bed (= to help someone get ready to lie down in bed and sleep) put (someone or something) to bed 1. To help someone, typically a child, prepare for and get into bed at night. I'll give you a call after I put the kids to bed. Tom had a bit too much to drink, so I'm going to put him to bed. 2. To complete something or some initial preparatory phase. I thought you'd put the proofreading for that edition to bed weeks ago! We should be able to put this project to bed next week. 3. To stop discussing, thinking about, or focusing on something. OK, I think we have to agree to disagree. Let's just put the issue to bed and stop arguing. Why are you still being so jealous? I thought we'd put this all to bed ages ago. put someone to bed and send someone to bed to make someone go to bed. Mother put Jimmy to bed and kissed him. Sally was naughty and was sent to bed. put something to bed Fig. to complete work on something and send it on to the next step in production, especially in publishing. (From put someone to bed.) This week's edition is finished. Let's put it to bed. Finish the editing of this book and put it to bed. put to bed Complete something and either set it aside or send it on to the next step, as in We put the magazine to bed at ten, or They said they'd put the whole project to bed at least a month ago. This expression, transferring nighttime retirement to other kinds of completion, was first applied to a newspaper, where it meant "send to press," that is, start to print. [Mid-1900s] put to bed Informal 1. To make final preparations for the printing of (a newspaper, for example). 2. To make final preparations for completing (a project).
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