上床 — meaning in English
shàng chuáng
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English meaning
Senses
上床 is used for these senses in English:
- careen (nautical, transitive) To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.
- fold (intransitive, poker) To withdraw from betting.
- go to bed To lie down to sleep, put oneself in one's bed.
- hit the hay (slang) To go to bed.
- lay down To sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life."
careen — full definition
- verb To heave a ship down on one side so as to expose the other, in order to clean it of barnacles and weed, or to repair it below the water line.
- verb To tilt on one side.
- verb To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
- verb To tilt or lean while in motion.
fold — full definition
- verb To bend something, especially paper or fabric, over on itself.
- verb To stop or withdraw, especially from a card game bet or a failing business.
- noun A crease or bend made by folding.
- noun A fenced enclosure for keeping sheep, or, figuratively, a group united by shared belief or purpose.