A headboard is the board that stands up at the end of a bed where you put your pillow — the end by your head when you lie down. It can be plain wood, soft with padding, or tall and fancy. Some have a shelf, a light, or a place to plug in a phone.

A headboard一塊headboard is the board that stands up是立在 at the end of a bed床的一端的板子，where you put your pillow放枕頭的那一端——the end by your head when you lie down也就是你躺下時頭靠著的那一端。It can be plain wood它可以是素面的木頭，soft with padding也可以軟軟的、有加襯墊，or tall and fancy或又高又華麗。Some have a shelf, a light, or a place to plug in a phone有些床頭板附有層板、燈、或可以插手機的地方。

You can buy a bed with a headboard, or add one later. The other end of the bed is the footboard, though actually many beds today have a headboard and no footboard at all.

You can buy a bed with a headboard你可以買附床頭板的床，or add one later或之後再加裝一個。The other end of the bed床的另一端 is the footboard叫做footboard（床尾板），though actually不過其實 many beds today have a headboard and no footboard at all現在很多床只有床頭板，完全沒有床尾板。

In trucks, headboard can also mean a strong board at the front of a load, to stop things sliding forward — same picture, a board at the head. For everyday English, the bed is the sense you will meet.

In trucks在卡車上，headboardheadboard can also mean a strong board at the front of a load也可以指貨物前方的一塊堅固擋板，to stop things sliding forward用來防止東西向前滑動——same picture, a board at the head一樣的概念，就是頭部那端的一塊板子。For everyday English在日常英文裡，the bed is the sense you will meet你會遇到的是床頭板這個意思。