bedtime story

基本解释

I thought, at first, she was referring to a bedtime story.
我的第一个反应是，她说的是一个睡前故事。
Mother read the children a bedtime story to hasten them to the land of Nod.
妈妈给孩子们念催眠故事，使他们快快进入睡乡。
《新英汉大辞典》
Few people knew of his shame and most burning desire: To be able to read a simple bedtime story to his grandchildren.
很少有人知道他的羞耻和最强烈的愿望：能为孙子阅读简单的睡前故事。

The new film unwinds in one take, lasting ninety minutes, and by some miracle we grow happily accustomed to its rhythm, like children held rapt by a bedtime story.
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The choice of words is spare, simple and unaffected, and the rhythm is perfect: despite the sadness that overlays many pieces, they flow with the comforting lull of a bedtime story.
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Like small children at bedtime, Wall Street likes to be told a comforting story.
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