为…提供住宿处(或床铺)；给(牲口)铺草作睡处；使(人或牲口)安睡，(安顿)过夜，(安排)睡觉(down)： The host bedded his guests. 房东为客人提供床铺。 I bedded the traveller for a night. 我为这位旅客提供一夜住宿。 Our horse was bedded down in the barn by the stable boy. 我们的马被小马夫安顿好在马廄里了。
[口语]诱使(女子)与其发生性关係，与…性交；与…同居： He bedded that nice girl last night. 他昨晚与那位可爱的女孩睡觉。
固定在…上，把…安装在…基础上，嵌入，埋置： The builder bedded the flagstones in concrete. 建筑工人用水泥砌牢石板。 The big guns were bedded in the ground. 这些大炮被安装固定在地面上。
【园艺学】把…栽种入(或植入)花坛(或苗床、圃里)(out)： The young plants were bedded out in the border. 这些幼苗被移植到(路边的)狭长花坛里。
堆(土)使成花坛(或苗床)(up): We bedded up the dirt for raising flowers. 我们堆土成花坛以养花。
把…放入养殖场，把…放至海底(或河底、湖底)繁殖： They bedded oysters. 他们把牡蛎放入海底养殖场养殖。
把…分层叠置；把…平放如床；把…弄成层： The builders bedded the flagstones. 建筑工人把石板分层叠置。 The worker bedded metal plates together. 工人把几块金属板平放在一起。
【地质学】使分层
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上床，睡(觉)，卧，就寝，休息；找到就寝处(down): I'll bed down on the sofa. 我将睡在沙发上。 The host says I can bed here for the night. 旅馆老闆说我可在这儿过夜。
住宿： The travellers wanted to bed in the best hotels. 旅游者想住最好的旅馆。
性交(with): He bedded with that girl you used to share a flat with. 他和同你合住一个单元的那个女孩发生了性关係。
(金属构件)被平放；形成平面： The rivets bed against the flat plate. 铆钉与平板贴合。
形成坚实的一层(down): Litter in the barn has bedded down. 铺在马廄里的草已粘结成层。
【地质学】分层
短语:
病倒在床上，(因病)卧床，开始卧病
上床睡觉
把…葬入坟墓，埋葬，下葬
[美国俚语]把(喝醉者)扶上床
安顿(孩子、病人等)上床去睡；把(牲口)安顿好让其睡觉
[美国英语]【印刷】把(铅字、印版等)组版装在印刷机上
【印刷】把(报刊等)付印；(撰稿后)委託给出版社，使编辑好出版；工作到最后一分钟
坐褥(临产)
在被窝里，(躺)在床上
在交媾
上床，就寝
[口语]同…发生性关係(with)
(报刊等)付印；(撰稿后)委託给出版社
[俚语]不要吵，住嘴
龙床，御座
(大人物的)灵床(以便弔祭瞻仰遗容)[亦作 state bed]
a bed of down (或 roses,flowers) 称心如意的境遇(或地位、生活、工作)；安乐的生活；安乐窝[常用于否定句]
a bed of nails [英国英语]极其艰难的境况，极端困难的处境，极不如意的地位(= a bed of thorns)[1965～1970]
a bed of roses [口语]称心如意的境遇(或地位、生活、工作)；安乐窝，适意的处境；舒适的生活；舒适豪华的环境；工作轻鬆而一切令人满意的职位[见 a bed of down][1800～1810]
a bed of sickness 病榻
a bed of thorns [口语、比喻]极其艰难的境况，环境恶劣；(处于)忧闷恐怖的环境；如坐针毡
As you make your bed,so you must lie on it. [谚语]自作自受。(或：自食其果。)
be brought to bed (of) [古语]临产，临盆，分娩，生，生产(to)
be confined to one's bed 卧床不起，病倒在床上
bed it 卧病在床
bed of dust 坟墓
bed of justice (法国国会的)国王的宝座；国王亲临的国会
bed of state
bed of ware 能睡12人的大床 die in (one's)bed 老死，寿终正寝[见 die1]
Early to bed and early to rise,makes a man healthy,wealthy and wise. [谚语]睡得早，起得早，富裕、聪明、身体好。
get into bed with = jump into bed with
get out of bed on the wrong side [口语](从早晨起床起)整日心情不好，醒来就闹脾气[亦作 get up on the wrong side of the bed]
go to bed
go to bed in one's boots [俚语]泥醉上床，酩酊大醉
go to bed with one's boots on [俚语][通常用于否定句](男子)性交时故意不用避孕工具
go to bed with the chickens 晚上早睡觉
go to bed with the lamb,and rise with the lark 早睡早起
in bed
jump into bed with (尤把和不太可能结盟的人)结成(暂时性的)同盟，不加疑问地接受别人的主张或加盟于别人的团体
keep (to)one's bed 或keep the bed 卧病在床
leave one's bed 病癒起床
lie (或sleep) in (或 on)the bed one has made 自作自受，自食其果
lie on a bed of thorns 坐立不安，如坐针毡
make fit the Procrustean bed 见 Procrustean
make one's (own) bed and lie on(或in) it 自作自受，自食其果
make the (或a) bed (睡前或起床后)整理床铺，铺床叠被
place on the Procrustean bed 见 Procrustean bed
put to bed
put to bed with a shovel (或 mattock)
sleep in (或on) the bed one has made =lie in (或 on)the bed one has made
stretch on the Procrustean bed 见 Procrustean bed
take to one's bed
turn down a bed 把床罩翻开一部分(便于就寝)
You have made your bed and you must lie on it. [谚语]事情是你犯下的，后果必须由你承担。(或：自作自受。或：自食其果。)
