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fourposter

/fawr-poh-ster, fohr-/US // ˈfɔrˈpoʊ stər, ˈfoʊr- //

四柱,四海报,四柱式,四柱体

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a bed with four corner posts, as for supporting a canopy, curtains, etc.
    • : a four-masted sailing vessel.

Examples

  • There is much to be said for a fourposter, but this is not the place in which to say it.

  • Cleansed and filled, I was given no peace until she had me safe between clean, dry sheets in their canopied fourposter.

  • Bill and Gus spent the night in the best spare room, under the heavy covers of an immense fourposter.

  • The spare bedroom was a huge, rather cold chamber, furnished with a giant fourposter bed and a chest of drawers.

  • In the candlestick were little runnings of grease, and in the big fourposter bed, along with Granny, was a son.