If someone is bedridden, they cannot leave their bed — usually because they are old, very ill, or recovering from a serious injury. It is stronger than resting in bed for a day with a cold. A bedridden person may stay there for weeks, months, or the rest of their life, and other people must bring food, wash them, and help them turn.

If someone is bedridden如果一個人臥病在床, they cannot leave their bed就是離不開床 — usually because they are old, very ill, or recovering from a serious injury通常是因為年紀大、病得很重，或是正在從嚴重的傷勢中恢復。 It它 is stronger than resting in bed for a day with a cold程度比感冒躺一天休息還要嚴重。 A bedridden person臥病在床的人 may stay there for weeks, months, or the rest of their life可能要這樣躺好幾個禮拜、好幾個月，甚至一輩子, and other people must bring food, wash them, and help them turn其他人得幫忙送飯、擦洗身體，還要幫忙翻身。

The word is used with care and sympathy, in hospitals, families, and news stories about long illness.

The word這個字 is used with care and sympathy用的時候帶著關心和同情, in hospitals, families, and news stories about long illness常出現在醫院、家庭，以及關於長期病痛的新聞報導裡。

Though actually the shape of the word looks like a past participle, as if a bed had “ridden” the person; the older English was closer to “bed-rider” — someone who stays on a bed as if riding it — and later -en was added because it sounded like other adjectives of that kind. Do not use it for a lazy morning or a weekend lie-in.

Though actually不過事實上, the shape of the word looks like a past participle這個字的形狀看起來像過去分詞, as if a bed had "ridden" the person好像床「騎」了這個人一樣; the older English was closer to "bed-rider"較早的英文比較接近「bed-rider」 — someone who stays on a bed as if riding it也就是像騎在床上一樣待著的人 — and later -en was added後來加上了-en, because it sounded like other adjectives of that kind因為聽起來像同一類的其他形容詞。 Do not use it不要拿它 for a lazy morning or a weekend lie-in來形容懶洋洋賴床的早晨或週末晚起。