| 单词 | bed and board |
| 释义 | bed and boardSEE SYNONYMS FOR bed and board ON THESAURUS.COM nounliving quarters and meals: In this school students must pay by the week for bed and board. one's home regarded as exemplifying the obligations of marriage: He said he would not be responsible for her debts after she left his bed and board. Origin of bed and boardlate Middle English word dating back to 1400–50 Words nearby bed and boardbecripple, crystal clear, be, BECTU, bed, bedabble, bed and board, bed-and-breakfast, bed and PEP, bedash, bedaub, Bedaux system Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for bed and boardbed and board nounsleeping accommodation and meals divorce from bed and board US law a form of divorce whereby the parties are prohibited from living together but the marriage is not dissolved Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with bed and boardbed and board Lodging and meals, as in Housekeepers usually earn a standard salary in addition to bed and board. This phrase was first recorded in the York Manual (c. 1403), which stipulated certain connubial duties: “Her I take ... to be my wedded wife, to hold to have at bed and at board.” Later bed was used merely to denote a place to sleep. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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