| 释义 |
put something to bed1 informal Make a newspaper or book ready for press: the newspaper will often be put to bed the day before the publication date...- The vast amount of our usage is not taken from the paper, it's content we produce once the newspaper is put to bed.
- The news was one of two late good news breaks about the health service as we put the newspaper to bed on Thursday afternoon.
- Eventually it was done, the paper was put to bed, set up on the printing press and rolled out for dispatch.
1.1Deal with conclusively: I hope that puts to bed all the nonsense the university debate needs putting to bed one theatre season has been put to bed and another is just springing to life...- Now Sinn Fein's Eamonn McConvey is demanding the the issue is ' put to bed '.
- Everywhere around me, the editorial staff were putting the magazine to bed.
- Managed to make some headway on putting the garden to bed for the winter too.
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