To go to bed for the night; to retire in order to sleep. Also in extended use, of the sun, a flower, etc.
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| 释义 | the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > go to bed or retire to rest [verb (intransitive)] (49) to go to (one's) resteOE To go to bed for the night; to retire in order to sleep. Also in extended use, of the sun, a flower, etc. to take (one's) restc1175 to take (one's) rest: to sleep; to take a break from activity, relax. to go to bedc1275 to go to bed: (a) to go to lie down to sleep; (b) figurative (of a newspaper, journal, etc.), to go to press (cf. sense 11), start printing; also, to… to lie downc1275 (Middle English also lie adown.) See sense 2 and down, adv. 2a. Also reflexive (now archaic). Also in pregnant senses: †To fall in battle; †to die… reposec1485 intransitive. To rest by sitting or lying down; to lie down to rest; (also in extended use) to ‘rest’ in death. down-lie1505 intransitive. To lie down, to go to bed. Chiefly as present participle, in early use esp. in †down-lying and uprising and variants: living or… bed1635 Also with down. intransitive. To go to bed; to retire for the night. to turn in1695 intransitive. colloquial (originally Nautical). To go to bed. retire1696 To go to bed or rest. intransitive. Without construction. lay1768 In intransitive uses, coinciding with or resembling those of lie, v.1 4. to go to roost1829 figurative. Of a person: to retire to rest. to turn or peak the flukes1851 plural. ‘The two parts which constitute the large triangular tail of the whale’ (Adm. Smyth). to turnor peak the flukes: of a whale, to go under… kip1889 intransitive. To go to bed, sleep. Also, to lie down. doss1896 intransitive. To sleep; esp. to sleep at a common lodging-house or ‘doss-house’ (see doss, n.2 compounds). Also with down. to hit the hay1912 transitive. To come upon, light upon, meet with, get at, reach, find, esp. something aimed at. to hit the hay, to go to bed. Also to hit the sack… to hit the deck1918 Various phrases. to hit the deck: (a) to go to bed; (b) to land an aircraft; (c) to fall to the ground; (d) to get up (from bed). colloquial. to go down1922 intransitive. Esp. of a baby or child: to go or be put to bed, to go to sleep. Cf. to put down 12 at put, v. phrasal verbs 1. to bunk down1940 intransitive. To sleep in a bunk; hence, to occupy rough sleeping quarters, camp out. Also, to bunk it. (colloquial, chiefly U.S.) Also to bunk down… to hit the sack1943 transitive. To come upon, light upon, meet with, get at, reach, find, esp. something aimed at. to hit the hay, to go to bed. Also to hit the sack… to sack out1946 intransitive. With adverbs. to sack out: to go to bed, to have a sleep, to doss down. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). to sack down1956 intransitive. With adverbs. to sack down: to go to bed. slang. Subcategories:— having withdrawn from company (1) — be in bed or lie (5) — stay up or out of bed during the night (8) — get up or rise (13) — of a bed or mattress: be slept on (1) |
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