bedridden
意味
- (病気で)寝たきりの,床につきっきりの
例文
Since our father is bedridden, we take turns looking after him.
父が寝たきりなので私たちが交代で面倒をみています。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English bedredyn, bedraden, bedreden, bæddrædæn (also as bedreede, bedrede), from Old English bedreda (“bedridden”, adj.), from bedreda, bedrida, bæddryda (“one who is bedridden”, noun), from bed, bedd (“bed”) + rida (“rider”), with -en by analogy with past participle adjectives.