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bedclothes

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Household
bed·clothes /ˈbedkləʊðz, -kləʊz $ -kloʊðz, -kloʊz/ noun [plural]  DHthe sheets, covers etc that you put on a bed 寝具,床上用品,铺盖
Examples from the Corpus
bedclothesAnother one put washing on to a line, gaudy bedclothes and sombre shirts.Dolly watched him, bedclothes up to her chin.He had given him a shave and changed his bedclothes.Abruptly he jumped up and tore away the bedclothes, searching the rug on which he had lain.Thought it had slipped down the bedclothes somewhere.Cower in the bowels of the earth from it, and pull the bedclothes over your head.Her Uncle lay quite still, eyes closed and breathing so faintly that the bedclothes hardly stirred.Make a pot of soup or wash bedclothes.
bed·clothes nounChineseSyllable
etc put you on covers a the bed Corpus sheets, that


bedclothes
bedclothes /ˈbedkləʊðz, -kləʊz $ -kloʊðz, -kloʊz/ noun [plural]
the sheets, covers etc that you put on a bed


bed·clothesBrE /ˈbedkləʊðz/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbedkloʊðz/ 🔊 (BrE also bed·covers BrE /ˈbedkʌvəz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈbedkʌvərz/ 🔊) noun [plural] the sheets and other covers that you put on a bed 床上用品;寝具;铺盖