释义 |
bed-post|ˈbɛdˌpəʊst| [see post.] A post of a bed, one of the upright supports of the framework of a bed. Also in phr. the twinkling of a bedpost: cf. bedstaff; between you and me and the bed-post: in all confidence or secrecy.
1598Marston Pygmal. iii. 149 The antique Bed-post. 1815Scott Guy M. xliv, One of the bed-posts of a sort of tent-bed. 1830Mrs. Royall Lett. fr. Alabama 136 Between you and I and the bed post, I begin to think it all a plot of the priests. 1832[see post n.1 1 c]. 1871M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. III. iii. 78 In the twinkling of a bed-post Is each savoury platter clear. 1882Blackmore Christowell xiii, Between you and me and the bed-post, Short—as the old ladies say—I don't want Jack to have her. |