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charpoy

/chahr-poi/US // ˈtʃɑrˈpɔɪ //UK // (ˈtʃɑːpɔɪ) //

煳涂虫,煳涂蛋,炭火

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a light bedstead used in India, consisting of a web of rope or tape netting.

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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.