i/they tose t/ieir home.我不敢设想他们如果无家可归将会

怎么样。

be-com-ing /bi'kAinii]/ adj. (formal) 1 (of clothes, etc. .衣月艮等）making the person wearing them look more attractive 相配的；■合臭的 H771 flattering 2 suitable or appropriate for sb or their situation 合适的；与…相 称的 H771 fitting ： It was not very becoming behav- four/or a teacher.这种举止与一个教师的身份不太相称。

PTin UNBECOMING

bec-que-rel /'bekarel/ noun [abbr. Bq) {physics Wi a unit for measuring radioactivity贝可勒尔，贝可（放射性

活度单位L

BEd (also B.Ed. especially in NAmE) /,bi: 'ed/ noun the abbreviation for ‘Bachelor of Education’（a first univer­sity degree in education) 教 育学士 （ 全写为 Bachelor of Education,大学教育学的起&孛位）：（阶£) Sarah WeZk 教育学士萨拉•韦尔斯

bed Ch* /bed/ noun, verb

mnoun

►                 FURNITURE f 1 [C, U] a piece of furniture for sleeping on 床：a sfngte/douWe bed —张单人 / 双人床◊ She Za_y on the bed (= on top of the covers).她躺在涂上（指桌 掀被子）。◊ ffe 〖ay m bed (= under the covers).他躺在 涂上（指盖着被子）。o/’m tired—J’m going to bed.我

累了 我要睡觉了。◊ Jt’s rime/or bed (= time to go

to sleep).该是睡觉的时候了。◊ J’H just put the fcfds to bed.我金E安排病子*jn去睡觉。◊ ffe Hfces to have a mug 〇/cocoa be/ore bed (= before going to bed).他睡前喜欢 _-一大杯可可。◊ to get mto/out qf bed 就寝；起兔◊ to mafce the bed (= arrange the covers in a tidy way)铺床 〇 Could you give me a bed for the night {- somewhere to sleep)?今晚你能给我弄个睡的地方吗？ ◊ There’s a shortage of hospital beds (= not enough room for patients to be admitted)•医食床位短缺。◊ He has been confined to bed with flu for the past couple of days. 他因患流感纟已经几天未下床了。——see also air bed,

CAMP BED, SOFA BED, TWIN BED, WATERBED

►                 OF RIVER/LAKE/SEA 河湖； 2 [C] the bottom of a

river, the sea, etc.(靖）■床；（海_的）底：the ocean bed         o oyster beds (= an area in the sea where

there are many oysters)杜栃层

►                 FOR FLOWERS/VEGETABLES 花卉；蔬菜 3 [C] an area of ground in a garden/yard or park for growing flowers, vegetables, etc•花坛；苗圃；菜园：）7ower beds 花坛 —see also seedbed

►                 BOTTOM LAYER 底居 4 [C] ~ of sth a layer of sth that other things lie or rest on 底层；基；基座：gr出eci

cfti'cfcen, served on a bed 〇/ rice 烤鸡盖饭◊ TTie Wocfcs shouZd be Zaid on a bed 〇/concrete.石块点该固定在混凝

土基座上。

►                 GEOLOGY 地厂； 5 [C] a layer of clay, rock, etc. in the ground (地下由黏土、'岩石等构成的）地层一see also

BEDROCK

ITO71 (not) a bed of 'roses (not) an easy or a pleasant situation (并非）轻松的境况，令人愉快的情况：77iefr Zi/e together hasn’t exacrfy been a bed 〇/ roses•他们在一 追的生活并不十分幸福。get out of bed on the wrong side (Sr£) (NAmE get up on the wrong side of the bed) to be bad-tempered for the whole day for no particular reason (无缘由地）一起床就整天情绪不好go to bed with sb (/n/ormfl/) to have sex with sb 与.（声人）发生性 关系 in bed used to refer to sexual activity (指性行 为）：What’s he Hfce fn bed?他的床上功夫怎么样？ ◊ J caught them fn bed,together (= having sex).我撞见他 们睡在一起。you’ve made your bed and you must lie in/oni it [spying) you must accept the results of your actions 自己承担后M take to your ’bed to go to bed and stay there because you are ill/sick (因 _)臣卜床； 卧病一more at die v.，wet v.

m verb (dd-) [VN] 1 - sth (in sth) to fix sth firmly in sth 把…_定在：The brkfcs were bedded in sand to improve drainage.沙里埋入撻块，以改进排水系统。◊ Mafce sure that you bed the roots/irmZy in the soil —定要使根部牢 牢地扎在土壤里。2   to have sex with sb

乌（知人j桌生关系關,bed 'down to sleep in a place where you do not usually sleep 换个地方 ® 觉： You have my room and HI bed down in the living room. 你用我的房间，我睡客庁J ~