Bedfordshireとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 Bedefordschire, from 古期英語 Bedanfordsċīr, equivalent to Bedford +‎ shire.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈbɛd.fəd.ʃə(ɹ)/

固有名詞

Bedfordshire

1. A midland county of England, county town Bedford, bounded by Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
2. (British, slang) Bed.
   • 1993, Tom Wakefield, War Paint:

     I'll be up to Bedfordshire if you two don't mind. I'm on early shift in the morning so I'll have to be up and out by five.

   • 1998, Mary Sheepshanks, A Price for Everything:

     Now come along young lady, up to Bedfordshire.

使用する際の注意点

The slang sense is used only for bed in its uncountable sense of a place to sleep, never to refer to an individual piece of furniture.

派生語

• Bedfordshire clanger
• Central Bedfordshire