bedside
bedside — 名詞
1. the space near someone's bed, often where an ill person is resting
床邊
床旁邊的位置
the space near someone's bed, often where an ill person is resting
A glass of water stayed on the chair by Emma's bedside.
一杯水放在 Emma 床邊的椅子上。
by + someone's bedside
After surgery, Rosa's son slept in a chair at her bedside.
手術後，Rosa 的兒子在她床邊的椅子上睡著了。
at + someone's bedside
Mina kept her phone and medicine within reach at her bedside.
Mina 把手機和藥放在床邊伸手可及的地方。
Two visitors stood quietly at Mr. Wu's bedside after the operation.
手術後，兩位訪客安靜地站在吳先生的床邊。
By dawn, fresh flowers covered Grandpa's bedside in the hospital.
天亮時，醫院裡爺爺的床邊已堆滿鮮花。
- side of the bed
a plain descriptive phrase, often more literal and less fixed
- bedside area
broader and often used when talking about the space around the bed
- foot of the bed
the far end of the bed rather than the space beside it
文法句型
at someone's bedside
by someone's bedside
用法筆記
Often follows at or by, especially when talking about visiting or caring for a sick person. It can mean a simple place next to any bed, but hospital contexts make that patient-related meaning especially common.
常見錯誤
bedside — 形容詞
1. used for care, talk, or checks done beside a patient's bed
床邊的
在病床旁進行或相關
used for care, talk, or checks done beside a patient's bed
Dr. Huang gave bedside advice before the patient went home.
病人要出院前，黃醫師在床邊交代了注意事項。
bedside + advice in care
Her calm bedside manner helped the frightened boy stop crying.
她對病人溫和親切，那個受驚的男孩就不再哭了。
collocation: bedside manner
The team carried out a bedside test after midnight.
團隊在半夜做了一次床邊檢查。
Students practiced bedside care on dolls before hospital training.
學生們在進醫院實習前，先用娃娃練習床邊照護。
A bedside check was done before the tube was removed.
拔管前，先做了一次床邊檢查。
- clinical
broader and not limited to something done next to the patient
- patient-side
technical and mainly used in medical settings
- hands-on
stresses direct care more than location
- remote
done from a distance rather than next to the patient
- laboratory
done in a lab, away from the bed
文法句型
bedside manner
bedside care
bedside test
用法筆記
Usually appears before nouns such as manner, care, nurse, or test in hospital and nursing contexts. Distinguish from sense 2, which is mainly about books or reading material for use in bed.
常見錯誤
2. easy enough to read while you are lying in bed
睡前讀的
適合在床上輕鬆閱讀
easy enough to read while you are lying in bed
Hadiya packed a slim mystery novel as her bedside reading this week.
Hadiya 帶了一本薄薄的推理小說，當作這週的睡前讀物。
collocation: bedside reading
Dad likes short essays for bedside reading after late shifts.
爸爸晚班後喜歡看短篇散文當睡前讀物。
I want a bedside book, not a heavy history for exams.
我想要一本適合睡前讀的書，不是拿來準備考試的厚重歷史書。
On holiday, Priya bought two funny bedside magazines at the station.
度假時，Priya 在車站買了兩本適合睡前翻閱的有趣雜誌。
The review praised the novel as perfect bedside reading.
那篇書評稱這本小說是很適合睡前讀的作品。
文法句型
bedside reading
bedside book
用法筆記
Mostly used before nouns like reading, book, or magazine. It suggests light, easy material for relaxed reading in bed, not simply any object kept near the bed.