deathbed是什么意思？

deathbed

英[ˈdeθbed] 美[ˈdɛθˌbɛd]

• n. 临死所卧的床，临终之时；

复数：deathbeds;

例句

• Uncle Ern is on his deathbed. 厄恩叔叔快要去世了.
• He forgave her on his deathbed , ie as he lay dying. 他在临终时原谅了她.
• Even though at their last gasp, the enemies will still put up their deathbed struggle. 即使是奄奄一息, 敌人也还是要作垂死挣扎的.
• ...after the man who murdered him nearly 40 years ago made a deathbed confession. 在那个近40 年前谋杀了他的男子临终供认了罪行之后
• He promised his mother on her deathbed that he would never marry. 他向垂危的母亲保证他绝不结婚。

词组

• on one's deathbed
  Close to death. 生命垂危

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  临终之病榻
  If someone is on their deathbed, they are in a bed and about to die.
  例句
  He promised his mother on her deathbed that he would never marry. 他向垂危的母亲保证他绝不结婚。 ...after the man who murdered him nearly 40 years ago made a deathbed confession. 在那个近40 年前谋杀了他的男子临终供认了罪行之后

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the last few hours before death
  2. the bed on which a person dies