charpoy
/chahr-poi/US // ˈtʃɑrˈpɔɪ //UK // (ˈtʃɑːpɔɪ) //
煳涂虫,煳涂蛋,炭火
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a light bedstead used in India, consisting of a web of rope or tape netting.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as incamp bed
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Examples
But writhe as he liked, his darting glances always painfully returned to the still victim on the charpoy.
Other herdsmen and villagers ran up, and a charpoy was sent for and the man brought into the village.
I lay down on the charpoy, peering through my leafy screen at the dead hind.
Having given my orders, I slept in the local police station on a charpoy lent me by the havildar, or sergeant, in charge.
The same evening a man was brought on a charpoy suffering great pain from a strangulated hernia.
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