| 单词 | put somebody/something to sleep |
| 释义 | put somebody/something to sleepput somebody/something to sleep a) MHto give drugs to a sick animal so that it dies without too much pain – used to avoid saying the word ‘kill’ 把〔患病动物〕人道毁灭〔用于避免使用单词 kill〕 b) informalMIUNCONSCIOUS to make someone unconscious before a medical operation by giving them drugs 〔手术前用麻醉药〕使某人失去知觉 Examples from the Corpus put somebody/something to sleep• During the first half of the 1980s, these cries actually put people to sleep.• She had hoped to time her nightly visit to the nursery so that he was actually being put down to sleep.• When harvest came, the people could put Hunger to sleep.• Anybody else would have put the mutt to sleep.• He puts you to sleep with those little jabs.• The shadow was flowing rhythmically, putting him to sleep.• Now I tend to find I need something else to put me to sleep. → put somebody/something to sleep at sleep2(3) |
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