bedridden
/ˈbedrɪdn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈbedrɪdn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈbed-ˌri-dᵊn/ (ame, mw)
bedridden — adjective
1. unable to leave your bed for a long period because you are very sick, badly hurt
unable to leave your bed for a long period because you are very sick, badly hurt, or too weak from old age to get up and move around.
Grandma Lin has been bedridden since her hip surgery in March.
be bedridden since [event] for the cause of immobility
A bad case of pneumonia left Noa bedridden for almost three weeks.
leave someone bedridden for [duration]
The nurse visits eight bedridden patients in their homes every Tuesday.
After the stroke, my uncle was bedridden and could not feed himself.
Mrs. Mira has been bedridden in the upstairs bedroom since her stroke last spring.
- bedfast
rare; mostly older medical writing, same meaning
- confined to bed
neutral phrasal alternative, used in medical reports
- immobile
broader — describes any inability to move, not specifically tied to bed
- ambulatory
medical term for a patient who can walk around
- mobile
general term for someone able to move freely
文法句型
be bedridden with [illness]
leave someone bedridden
用法筆記
Almost always describes a state lasting weeks, months, or years — not a single day in bed with a cold. Subjects are typically people who are seriously ill, recovering from major surgery, or very old.