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词汇 bedpost
释义 bedpost
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈbed.pəʊst/ us /ˈbed.poʊst/
one of the four corner poles that support a bed床柱
 
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air mattress
airbed
bassinet
bed
bedhead
couch
crib
day bed
divan
double bed
Li-lo
mattress
memory foam
moses basket
queen-size
topper
truckle bed
trundle bed
twin bed
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Examples from literature

As he spoke, he took from his coat pocket on the bedpost an envelope containing his commission and other papers. 
I dream about it nights and wake up with my arms around the bedpost. 
My head struck the bedposts, and other furniture. 
The old lady made one end of the silk thread fast to Tom's tooth with a loop and tied the other to the bedpost. 
The twisted columns used in chairs, bedposts, etc., were borrowed from Italy and were very popular. 

Examples of bedpost


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There used to be a song about sticking chewing-gum on the bedpost at the end of the day.
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A hole is typically drilled through the bedpost.
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A mortise or slot is cut vertically in the bedpost.
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Scrooge awakes in his own bed, clinging to the bedpost.
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He says a nurse swung him around when he was a young boy, and he bumped his head against a bedpost.
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It was known as well, that he often chained her to a bedpost when he was away from home.
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Instead of pins inserted horizontally into the bedpost, an eye plate (post plate) is installed on the bedpost.
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Equally, how could a man who was 1.6m high possibly hang himself from a bedpost that was 1.4m high?
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He had fallen getting out of bed to use the bathroom, hitting his bedpost, breaking a rib and sustaining other internal injuries.
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The bedposts had large spheres of gilded copper and projecting iron bars, each supporting a tripartite candle.
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She adds that he was good-looking in an oily sort of way, but dropped his girlfriends once he'd got another notch on his bedpost.
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Secondly, the roof opens up and thirdly, the aerial rises out of one of the bedposts.
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Depending on the hardware, the bedpost may require a mortise in order to allow the hooks to fasten to the plate.
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From the bedpost hangs a brush, symbolic of domestic duties.
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Darter had been tied to a bedpost at the foot of his bed by a belt that was wrapped around his neck.
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