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four-poster bed

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌfour-poster ˈbed (also four-poster) noun [countable]  DHFa bed with four tall posts at the corners, a cover fixed at the top of the posts, and curtains around the sides 有四根帷柱的床,四柱大床4  See picture of 见图 BED
Examples from the Corpus
four-poster bedThe honeymoon suite has a four-poster bed trimmed with lace.This large house, thoroughly modernized, is furnished with period pieces including a four-poster bed.Past the piano was a stairway leading to nowhere, and then a four-poster bed, forlorn but inviting.Nina was half-hidden under a four-poster bed, trailing silk sheets behind her like a bridal train.A four-poster bed absorbed the remainder.A magnificent four-poster bed dominates this room.The green fireplace, with the black clock with angels, the dressing-table and figured mirror, the four-poster bed.
ˌfour-poster ˈbed nounChineseSyllable
bed at Corpus four a with tall posts


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four-poster bed
ˌfour-poster ˈbed (also four-ˈposter) noun [countable]
a bed with four tall posts at the corners, a cover fixed at the top of the posts, and curtains around the sides


four-poster bedBrE /ˌfɔː pəʊstə ˈbed/ 🔊NAmE /ˌfɔːr poʊstər ˈbed/ 🔊 (also ˌfour-ˈposter) noun
a large bed with a tall post at each of the four corners, a cover over the top and curtains around the sides 四帷柱大床