| 单词 | sleep |
| 释义 | 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? 你需要几个小时的睡眠? He didn´t get much sleep. 他睡眠不足. Do you ever talk in your sleep? 你睡觉说梦话吗? 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[摇著]哄孩子入睡. 2 [sing] a period of sleep 睡眠时间 have a short, good, restful, etc sleep 短时间的、 良好的、 安静的...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 习语) 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 （如肢体）麻木（因 不活动等） I´ve been sitting on the floor and my foot´s gone to sleep. 我一直坐在地板上, 脚都麻木了. 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（尤指用麻醉剂）. put (an animal) to `sleep (euph 婉) kill (an animal) deliberately, eg because it is ill 杀死（动物）（如因病） Stray dogs are usually put to sleep if no one claims them. 走失的狗如无人认领通常就不让它再生存了. 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; 睡觉; 睡著 Try to sleep in spite of the noise. 尽管有喧闹声也要设法睡著. sleep well/badly 睡得好[不好] I got up early, but he slept on. 我起得很早, 而他还睡呢. We slept (for) eight hours. 我们睡了八个小时. I slept at a friend´s house last night. 我昨晚睡在朋友家里. 2 [Tn no passive 不用於被动语态] have enough beds for (a number of people) 为（某数量的人）提供床位 Our caravan sleeps six in comfort. 我们居住的拖车可舒舒服服地睡六个人. The hotel sleeps 300 guests. 这旅馆可供三百人住宿. 3 (idm 习语) let sleeping dogs `lie (saying 谚) do not try to change a situation that could become a problem if sb interfered 别惊动睡著的狗; 别惹事生非; 别自找麻烦 We decided to let sleeping dogs lie and not take them to court. 我们决定不起诉他们, 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 在户外睡觉 He´d been sleeping rough for a week, in ditches and haystacks. 他在沟里和草堆里露宿了一个星期. sleep the sleep of the `just not be troubled by any guilty feeling 能睡安稳觉; 问心无愧. sleep `tight (infml 口) (esp imperative 尤用於祈使句) sleep soundly 睡个好觉 Good night, sleep tight! 晚安, 睡个好觉! 4 (phr v) sleep around (infml 口) have sex with many partners与很多人发生性关系. sleep in (a) (US) = lie in (lie2):I get a chance to sleep in at the weekend. 我在周末才有机会睡个懒觉. (b) (esp formerly of servants) sleep at the place where one works （尤指旧时仆人）在工作处住宿 a housekeeper that sleeps in 住在雇主家里的管家. sleep sth off recover from sth by sleeping 藉睡眠恢复或复原 sleep off a bad headache, a hangover, etc 用睡眠来消除头痛、 宿醉等 sleep it off, ie after being drunk 藉睡眠醒酒. sleep on sth (no passive 不用於被动语态) not decide about sth until the next day 将（某事）留待次日再决定 Don´t say now if you´ll take the job sleep on it first. 你现在先别决定接受这项工作 考虑一天再说. sleep out (a) sleep outdoors 露宿. (b) (esp formerly of servants) not sleep at the place where one works （尤指旧时仆人）不在工作处住宿 a butler who sleeps out 不在雇主家住宿的男管家. sleep through sth (no passive 不用於被动语态) not be woken up by (eg a noise or an alarm clock) 声音（如噪声、 闹钟）吵不醒 You slept right through the thunderstorm. 你一直睡著, 这场雷雨都没把你吵醒. sleep together; sleep with sb (euph 婉) have sex with sb, esp sb to whom one is not married 与某人发生性关系（尤指并非配偶）. |
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