bedbug
/ˈbedbʌɡ/noun
उच्चारण बेड्बग
खटमल
Basic word
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a small insect that lives in beds and furniture and bites people at night to feed on their blood
खटमल
- The hostel mattresses were full of bedbugs.
- I was bitten by bedbugs all night.
- The hotel had to be fumigated after guests complained about bedbugs.
+ 2 more examples
- Bedbugs can hide in the smallest cracks of a wooden cot.
- We washed all the bedding in hot water to kill the bedbugs.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
bedbug / bedbugs (countable noun)
Bedbug is a countable noun and is written as one word. Use the plural when you mean an infestation, because these insects are rarely found alone.
'Bedbug' countable noun है और एक ही शब्द के रूप में लिखा जाता है। जब infestation की बात हो तो plural प्रयोग करें, क्योंकि ये कीड़े अकेले कम ही मिलते हैं।
- A bedbug is small, flat and reddish-brown.
- Bedbugs hide in the folds of mattresses during the day.
bedbug + noun (modifier)
Bedbug can describe things connected with the pest: bites, spray, infestation, treatment.
'Bedbug' उस कीड़े से जुड़ी चीज़ों का वर्णन कर सकता है: bites, spray, infestation, treatment।
- The hostel warden arranged a bedbug treatment for every room.
- She had red bedbug bites on her arm.
be infested with bedbugs; get rid of bedbugs
Use be infested with for a place full of pests, and get rid of or eliminate for removing them.
कीड़ों से भरे स्थान के लिए 'be infested with' और उन्हें हटाने के लिए 'get rid of' या 'eliminate' प्रयुक्त होता है।
- The old sofa was infested with bedbugs.
- It took two visits from the pest-control team to get rid of the bedbugs.
bedbug vs bed bug (spelling)
The one-word spelling bedbug is the form used in this dictionary and is common in everyday writing, while some writers separate it into two words. Be consistent within a piece of writing.
इस dictionary में एक शब्द वाली वर्तनी 'bedbug' प्रयुक्त है और यह रोज़मर्रा के लेखन में आम है, जबकि कुछ लेखक इसे दो शब्दों में लिखते हैं। एक ही लेखन में एक ही वर्तनी रखें।
- The notice warned guests to check the bedbug hotspots before unpacking.
+Collocations 4
verb + bedbugs
get rid ofkillspotspreadtreat for
- Washing sheets in hot water helps kill bedbugs.
bedbug + noun
bitesinfestationsprayeggsproblem
- The tenants complained about a bedbug infestation in the flat.
adjective + bedbug
tinyblood-suckinghungryhiddenstubborn
- Blood-sucking bedbugs feed mostly at night.
bedbug + verb
bitebreedhidespreadcrawl
- Bedbugs breed quickly in warm, crowded rooms.
“More examples 5
- We found a bedbug on the edge of the mattress and called the pest-control team.
हमें गद्दे के किनारे पर एक खटमल मिला और हमने pest-control टीम को बुलाया।
- Bedbugs can travel in luggage from one city to another.
खटमल सामान में छिपकर एक शहर से दूसरे शहर पहुँच सकते हैं।
- Sunlight and regular cleaning can keep bedbugs away from wooden cots.
धूप और नियमित सफाई से लकड़ी की चारपाइयों में खटमल नहीं पनपते।
- The hostel students asked for new bedding after the bedbug scare.
खटमल की समस्या के बाद छात्रावास के विद्यार्थियों ने नया बिस्तर माँगा।
- Her skin itched all night, and the doctor suspected bedbug bites.
रात भर उसकी त्वचा में खुजली होती रही और डॉक्टर को खटमल के काटने का संदेह हुआ।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ The room was full of bedbug.
✓ The room was full of bedbugs.
A countable noun after full of takes the plural when many are meant.
जब बहुत से कीड़ों की बात हो तो 'full of' के बाद countable noun का plural आता है।