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单词 truckle bed
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Definition of truckle bed in English:

truckle bed

noun
British
  • A low bed on wheels that can be stored under a larger bed.

    〈主英〉(可推入大床下的)装有脚轮的矮床

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Essential for sleepovers, the truckle bed simply pulls out ready-for-use when friends come to stay.
    • I slept on a truckle bed, sharing a room with two brothers in their thirties.
    • There he settled him back down onto the truckle bed and felt his brow and pulse.
    • Tours are offered (on Tuesdays and Thursdays) of his modest house, where he slept in a truckle bed and practised in an interior of monastic restraint.

Origin

Late Middle English: from truckle1 in the sense 'wheel' + bed.

Definition of truckle bed in US English:

truckle bed

nounˈtrəkəl bed
British
  • A trundle bed.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There he settled him back down onto the truckle bed and felt his brow and pulse.
    • Essential for sleepovers, the truckle bed simply pulls out ready-for-use when friends come to stay.
    • Tours are offered (on Tuesdays and Thursdays) of his modest house, where he slept in a truckle bed and practised in an interior of monastic restraint.
    • I slept on a truckle bed, sharing a room with two brothers in their thirties.

Origin

Late Middle English: from truckle in the sense ‘wheel’ + bed.

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