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单词 bedfellow
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bedfellown.

Brit. /ˈbɛdˌfɛləʊ/, U.S. /ˈbɛdˌfɛloʊ/
Forms: see bed n. and fellow n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bed n., fellow n.
Etymology: < bed n. + fellow n.
1. One who shares a bed with another; also figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > [noun] > condition of being bedfellows > bedfellow
i-beddeOE
beddec1250
bed-ferea1350
sleeping partner?1456
bedfellow1478
bed-mate1582
1478 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 51 [He] hathe entryd the maner off Scolton vppon yowre bedffelawe Conyerse.
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 32v John Whitneye, a yong ientleman, was my bedfeloe.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. ii. 39 Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellowes.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 90. ¶7 My Bed-fellows left me about an Hour before Day.
1834 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae lxvii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 266 Tickler. I request to have Fang for my bed-fellow.
2. spec. A husband or wife; a concubine. Obsolete.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > [noun] > spouse, consort, or partner
ferec975
matchOE
makec1175
spousea1200
lemanc1275
fellowc1350
likea1393
wed-ferea1400
partyc1443
espouse?c1450
bedfellow1490
yokefellow?1542
espousal1543
spouse1548
mate1549
marrow1554
paragon1557
yokemate1567
partner1577
better halfa1586
twin1592
moiety1611
copemate1631
consort1634
half-marrow1637
matrimonya1640
helpmeet1661
other half1667
helpmate1715
spousie1735
life companion1763
worse half1783
life partner1809
domestic partner1815
ball and chain1921
lover1969
1490 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 89 My simple bedfelow, your bedewoman and servant..recomendeth hir unto your mastership.
1564 P. Moore Hope of Health Ep. Ded. 9 Vnto your worship, and to my good Ladie your bedfellowe.
1579 W. Fulke Refut. Rastels Confut. in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 725 Haue not some Popish Priestes such seruants and bedfellowes also?
a1677 J. Taylor Contempl. State Man (1684) i. vi. 63 Altho she had a great Dowry, none would covet such a bed-fellow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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