deathbed

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɛθˌbɛd/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The bed on which someone dies.
    — He was once on his way to an old woman, who was on her death-bed and who had led a wicked life.
  2. The last hours before death.
  3. A grave; the site of a burial or entombment.
    — “Will you ask our oldest warriors to build me a barrow? Ask them to climb this headland and build me a death pile high on its top. Let my deathbed rise high above Hronesnesse.”

词形变化

deathbeds plural death-bed alternative death bed alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
deathbed conversion on one's deathbed

词源

From Middle English dethbed, from Old English dēaþbedd (“deathbed; grave”), equivalent to death + bed. Cognate with Swedish dödsbädd (“deathbed”). Compare also Dutch sterfbed (“deathbed”), German Sterbebett and Totenbett (both “deathbed”), Danish dødsleje (“deathbed”).
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