sleep
n
1 [U] condition that occurs regularly in humans and animals, esp at night, in which the eyes are closed and the muscles, nervous system, etc are relaxed 睡眠
How many hours' sleep do you need? 你需要幾個小時的睡眠?
He didn't get much sleep. 他睡眠不足.
Do you ever talk in your sleep? 你睡覺說夢話嗎?
send sb/get to sleep, ie (make sb) fall asleep (使某人)入睡
sing/rock a baby to sleep, ie make the baby fall asleep by singing/rocking 唱歌[搖著]哄孩子入睡.
2 [sing] a period of sleep 睡眠時間
have a short, good, restful, etc sleep 短時間的、 良好的、 安靜的...睡眠.
3 [U] (infml 口) substance that gathers in the corners of the eyes during sleep 眼眵
wash the sleep out of one's eyes 把眼眵洗掉.
4 (idm 習語) cry/sob oneself to `sleep cry/sob until one falls asleep 哭著入睡. ,go to `sleep
(a) fall asleep 入睡
Go to sleep now, it's late. 快睡吧, 很晚了.
(b) (infml 口) (eg of a limb) become numb through lack of movement, etc (如肢體)麻木(因 不活動等)
I've been sitting on the floor and my foot's gone to sleep. 我一直坐在地板上, 腳都麻木了. not get/have a wink of sleep => wink. not lose sleep/lose no sleep over sth => lose. put sb to `sleep make sb fall asleep, esp by using an anaesthetic 使某人入睡(尤指用麻醉劑). put (an animal) to `sleep (euph 婉) kill (an animal) deliberately, eg because it is ill 殺死(動物)(如因病)
Stray dogs are usually put to sleep if no one claims them. 走失的狗如無人認領通常就不讓它再生存了. read oneself/sb to sleep => read. sleep the sleep of the just => sleep2.
sleep v (pt, pp slept )
1 [I, Ip, In/pr]
be in a state of sleep; be asleep 睡; 睡覺; 睡著
Try to sleep in spite of the noise. 盡管有喧鬧聲也要設法睡著.
sleep well/badly 睡得好[不好]
I got up early, but he slept on. 我起得很早, 而他還睡呢.
We slept (for) eight hours. 我們睡了八個小時.
I slept at a friend's house last night. 我昨晚睡在朋友家里.
2 [Tn no passive 不用於被動語態]
have enough beds for (a number of people) 為(某數量的人)提供床位
Our caravan sleeps six in comfort. 我們居住的拖車可舒舒服服地睡六個人.
The hotel sleeps 300 guests. 這旅館可供三百人住宿.
3 (idm 習語) let sleeping dogs `lie (saying 諺) do not try to change a situation that could become a problem if sb interfered 別驚動睡著的狗; 別惹事生非; 別自找麻煩
We decided to let sleeping dogs lie and not take them to court. 我們決定不起訴他們, 免得惹事生非. not sleep a wink => wink. sleep like a `log/`top (infml 口) sleep soundly 睡得很熟. sleep `rough sleep out of doors wherever one can 在戶外睡覺
He'd been sleeping rough for a week, in ditches and haystacks. 他在溝里和草堆里露宿了一個星期. sleep the sleep of the `just not be troubled by any guilty feeling 能睡安穩覺; 問心無愧. sleep `tight (infml 口) (esp imperative 尤用於祈使句) sleep soundly 睡個好覺
Good night, sleep tight! 晚安, 睡個好覺!
4 (phr v) sleep around (infml 口) have sex with many partners與很多人發生性關系. sleep in
(a) (US) = lie in (lie2):I get a chance to sleep in at the weekend. 我在周末才有機會睡個懶覺.
(b) (esp formerly of servants) sleep at the place where one works (尤指舊時仆人)在工作處住宿
a housekeeper that sleeps in 住在雇主家里的管家. sleep sth off recover from sth by sleeping 藉睡眠恢復或復原
sleep off a bad headache, a hangover, etc 用睡眠來消除頭痛、 宿醉等
sleep it off, ...
*[sli:p]n. 睡眠, 靜止, 昏迷, 麻木, 長眠, 冬眠vi. 睡覺, 睡眠, 靜止vt. 睡【醫】 睡眠相關詞組: get to sleep fall into a deep sleep sleep late fall on sleep have one's sleep out lay to sleep put sb to sleep sleep around sleep in sleep like a log sleep on it sleep on sth sleep out sleep over sleep rough sleep a sound sleep sleep sth off sleep through sth sleep together sleep with sb have a good sleep go to sleep