bedfellow

英 ['bedfeləʊ] 美 ['bɛdfɛlo]
  • n. 伙伴;同床者(等于bedmate)

英文词源


bedfellow (n.)
"close friend, roommate," mid-15c., from bed (n.) + fellow (n.). Also (late 15c) "concubine." Earlier in the "close companion" sense was bed-fere (early 14c.). Bedsister "husband's concubine" is recorded in Middle English (c. 1300).

双语例句


1. Stupidity here makes an easy bedfellow , as always , with racialism ( Christopher Hitchens )
愚蠢常常很容易成为种族偏见的伙伴(克里斯托夫希钦斯 )

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2. Misery acquaints men with strange bedfellow.
情知不是伴,事急且相随.

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