bedpost是什么意思？

bedpost

英[ˈbedpəʊst] 美[ˈbedpoʊst]

• n. （四帷柱床的）床柱；

复数：bedposts;

例句

• She went to the bedpost near the head of Holofernes and taking his sword from it. 她走到靠敖罗斐乃头部的床柱前,由上面取下了他的关刀.
• He would cut it down in the twinkling of a bedpost. 他将尽快把它砍下.
• The tooth hung dangling by the bedpost, now. 结果,那颗牙就晃来晃去吊在床柱上了.

词组

• between you and me and the bedpost (或 the gatepost
  (informal)in strict confidence (非正式)绝密地，私下地，“天知，地知，你知，我知"

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （老式床的）床柱
  A bedpost is one of the four vertical supports at the corners of a bed with an old-fashioned wooden or iron frame.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. any of 4 vertical supports at the corners of a bedstead