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Definition of sleepy in English: sleepyadjectivesleepier, sleepiest ˈsliːpiˈslipi 1Needing or ready for sleep. 想睡的，瞌睡的 the wine had made her sleepy 酒使她昏昏欲睡。 Example sentencesExamples - She has to take powerful drugs to control the pain and the inflammation, which often make her drowsy and sleepy.
- Despite what one would think even though Jamie was so incredibly sleepy, sluggish, drowsy, and dozy, he didn't seem to mind.
- But avoid overdoing it or you'll end up feeling sluggish and sleepy.
- Caused by a lack of sunlight, it can leave sufferers feeling lethargic, sleepy and unable to concentrate.
- He's a tired and sleepy little cowpoke and that makes him somber.
- Your circadian rhythm is regulated by a biological clock in your brain that usually makes you sleepy at night and ready to wake up in the morning.
- The side effects of sedatives and calming drugs like Prozac used for destructive, anxious and fearful pets make animals sleepy or lethargic.
- Allergies make people dopey and sleepy as well as sneezy.
- In late spring and early summer, people may feel sleepy and tired in the afternoon due to the warm weather.
- She looked up at him, seeing that he appeared sleepy and tired.
- She waited and afterwards, she felt tired and sleepy.
- I'm going to keep this brief since I am tired / sleepy and have been writing for the last two hours…
- Things are feeling weird at the moment because on the one hand I'm being very busy, and on the other I'm feeling very tired and sleepy.
- He sat down beside her, holding her hand as she lay down on the couch, already looking sleepy, yet ready to go back home.
- Even when she got to do the shoot she's telling the photographer that she's tired and sleepy.
- I awoke much later but kept my eyes closed, I still felt a bit sleepy and wasn't ready to start work just yet.
- I also became sluggish and immobile, sleepy and calm.
- I've noticed that whenever someone sits on the comfy couch in the tea room they start yawning and feel sleepy.
- So now I'm sitting here, feeling sleepy and lethargic.
- Make sure they are ready to play and not wet, hungry, sleepy, cranky or distracted.
Synonyms drowsy, tired, somnolent, languid, languorous, heavy-eyed, dozy, nodding, asleep on one's feet, yawning lethargic, sluggish, inactive, enervated, torpid, comatose informal snoozy, dopey, yawny literary slumberous rare oscitant, slumbersome - 1.1 Showing the effects of sleep.
困倦的 she rubbed her sleepy eyes 她揉了揉睡眼。 Example sentencesExamples - A lazy grin spreading over his sleepy face, Shanza burrowed into the heat happily, nose pressed against something soft and pliant.
- Lazily, I stood up, stretched my sleepy muscles and went upstairs.
- And then he started asking me what I had planned for the day, and seemed non-pulsed to find all he got in response was some sleepy murmurs.
- ‘I wonder if there's hope out there,’ said Eleto as he stretched and let out a sleepy yawn.
- A sleepy voice yawned from the bed, yanking Cody from his thoughts.
- Stretching forth her sleepy limbs she yawns in tiredness.
- 1.2 Inducing sleep; soporific.
使人想睡的，催眠的 the sleepy heat of the afternoon 下午令人昏昏欲睡的热浪。 Example sentencesExamples - Just give in to the sleepy warmth of snow.
- Cliff's generally most effective when he's most gentle, and this sleepy ballad does its job with smoochy aplomb.
- Somehow it manages to slice a clear swath through the thick humidity and sleepy heat of even the hottest day.
- We were all tired; the sleepy effects of night took their toll on us.
- The incense had been burning for a while now, and the damp cottage was full of the sleepy, hypnotic smell that goes with magical workings.
Synonyms soporific, sleep-inducing, somnolent, hypnotic - 1.3 (of a place) without much activity.
（地方）不活跃的；死气沉沉的 he turned off the road into a sleepy little town 他离开大路拐进一个沉寂的小镇。 Example sentencesExamples - As development continued, the High Street changed from a sleepy village street to a busy shopping centre complete with its own cinemas.
- This is a sleepy place, even in high season, but it attracts a community of surfers year-round, many coming for the world-class waves at Anchor Point.
- It is today a sleepy town but was world famous once.
- Shopping plazas have sprung up in every imaginable location of this sleepy town.
- It's a small, sleepy place, peopled by fishing folk and farmers, but there are memories of past glories in the unexpectedly imposing church.
- We should picture, it seems, a sleepy county town like Ipswich or Norwich in the 1830s.
- The Great Winchester Gun Riot of May 1908 almost sounds like a joke, a self-mocking send-up of the usually sleepy county town.
- That sleepy morning, before he heated his bath water, he was nursing a hangover.
- As I came over the top of the hill, I looked around to get my bearing and admire the view of the sleepy town of Lagos.
- England is not just full of white, middle class people and the countryside is not all sleepy lanes and thatched cottages.
- Post offices are no longer sleepy places where letters just get stamped and sent.
- Scenic beaches line the island and are just minutes from the picturesque countryside, quiet sleepy lanes and stunning views.
- Unlike the sleepy town, the harbour was a hive of activity.
- The outlandish story focuses on a sleepy village that is literally divided in two after inept officials draw an arbitrary line through a map of the country in their haste to reach a pub before closing time.
- It's a sleepy place with lots of guest workers to cater for visitors, and offers little of the festive culture you find elsewhere in the Caribbean.
- ‘It's quite a sleepy place and a lot of weight is put on what the public say,’ said PC Cummings.
- The normally sleepy port town of Lüderitz is expected for once to awake from its slumber when President San Nujoma visits the town next week.
- What propelled Racine from sleepy farm town to 20th-century Florence of the Heartland?
- My destination was the sleepy town of Yallingup some 265 kilometres from Perth where the Ngilgi Caves are located.
- During the summer of 1998 the location of the German capital moved from the sleepy town of Bonn to the largest city in the country: Berlin.
Synonyms quiet, peaceful, tranquil, placid, slow-moving, inactive dull, boring, backwater, backwoods informal one-horse - 1.4 (of a business or organization) lacking the ability or will to respond to change; not dynamic.
（生意，组织，工业）没有活力的，呆滞的 the one-time sleepy world of pensions 一度缺乏生气的养老金世界。 Example sentencesExamples - From where I sit the book business looks very sleepy indeed.
- Born of people's misfortunes, credit counseling was a sleepy cottage industry for a long time.
- Here the market is expected to improve in both consumer and business PCs after a sleepy first half of the year.
- Bad news for sleepy admins; but good news overall, as this checks the worm's spread somewhat.
- Many investors, however, take it upon themselves to give sleepy management a wake-up call.
- They did not fail because management was sleepy or arrogant.
- They ensured that senior staff were rewarded for their efforts and, in 10 years, transformed the firm from a sleepy business into a thriving success story.
- The shock of being ditched from the stock exchange seems to have worked wonders for its sleepy management and forced it to make changes.
- The focus shifted from sleepy, semi-State business-as-usual towards private sector-style efficiencies.
Derivativesadverb ˈsliːpɪli My shriek woke the children, who arrived, sleepily, below the hatch. Example sentencesExamples - The waves lapped sleepily at the foot of the cliffs, some 200 feet below us.
- It looked so hopelessly harmless, the way it was lying around sleepily.
- Alas, as I sleepily switched the alarm on, I neglected to check that it was set for the right time.
- I dawdled by the carriages as the crowds loped sleepily off the train and homewards, frantically scouring the scene for Max.
Definition of sleepy in US English: sleepyadjectiveˈslēpēˈslipi 1Needing or ready for sleep. 想睡的，瞌睡的 the wine had made her sleepy 酒使她昏昏欲睡。 Example sentencesExamples - Things are feeling weird at the moment because on the one hand I'm being very busy, and on the other I'm feeling very tired and sleepy.
- In late spring and early summer, people may feel sleepy and tired in the afternoon due to the warm weather.
- He sat down beside her, holding her hand as she lay down on the couch, already looking sleepy, yet ready to go back home.
- I also became sluggish and immobile, sleepy and calm.
- So now I'm sitting here, feeling sleepy and lethargic.
- Even when she got to do the shoot she's telling the photographer that she's tired and sleepy.
- I'm going to keep this brief since I am tired / sleepy and have been writing for the last two hours…
- The side effects of sedatives and calming drugs like Prozac used for destructive, anxious and fearful pets make animals sleepy or lethargic.
- Allergies make people dopey and sleepy as well as sneezy.
- Despite what one would think even though Jamie was so incredibly sleepy, sluggish, drowsy, and dozy, he didn't seem to mind.
- But avoid overdoing it or you'll end up feeling sluggish and sleepy.
- Your circadian rhythm is regulated by a biological clock in your brain that usually makes you sleepy at night and ready to wake up in the morning.
- I've noticed that whenever someone sits on the comfy couch in the tea room they start yawning and feel sleepy.
- She has to take powerful drugs to control the pain and the inflammation, which often make her drowsy and sleepy.
- She waited and afterwards, she felt tired and sleepy.
- She looked up at him, seeing that he appeared sleepy and tired.
- Caused by a lack of sunlight, it can leave sufferers feeling lethargic, sleepy and unable to concentrate.
- I awoke much later but kept my eyes closed, I still felt a bit sleepy and wasn't ready to start work just yet.
- He's a tired and sleepy little cowpoke and that makes him somber.
- Make sure they are ready to play and not wet, hungry, sleepy, cranky or distracted.
Synonyms drowsy, tired, somnolent, languid, languorous, heavy-eyed, dozy, nodding, asleep on one's feet, yawning - 1.1 Showing the effects of sleep.
困倦的 she rubbed her sleepy eyes 她揉了揉睡眼。 Example sentencesExamples - A lazy grin spreading over his sleepy face, Shanza burrowed into the heat happily, nose pressed against something soft and pliant.
- Stretching forth her sleepy limbs she yawns in tiredness.
- Lazily, I stood up, stretched my sleepy muscles and went upstairs.
- And then he started asking me what I had planned for the day, and seemed non-pulsed to find all he got in response was some sleepy murmurs.
- A sleepy voice yawned from the bed, yanking Cody from his thoughts.
- ‘I wonder if there's hope out there,’ said Eleto as he stretched and let out a sleepy yawn.
- 1.2 Inducing sleep; soporific.
使人想睡的，催眠的 the sleepy heat of the afternoon 下午令人昏昏欲睡的热浪。 Example sentencesExamples - The incense had been burning for a while now, and the damp cottage was full of the sleepy, hypnotic smell that goes with magical workings.
- Cliff's generally most effective when he's most gentle, and this sleepy ballad does its job with smoochy aplomb.
- Somehow it manages to slice a clear swath through the thick humidity and sleepy heat of even the hottest day.
- Just give in to the sleepy warmth of snow.
- We were all tired; the sleepy effects of night took their toll on us.
Synonyms soporific, sleep-inducing, somnolent, hypnotic - 1.3 (of a place) without much activity.
（地方）不活跃的；死气沉沉的 he turned off the road into a sleepy little town 他离开大路拐进一个沉寂的小镇。 Example sentencesExamples - Shopping plazas have sprung up in every imaginable location of this sleepy town.
- Unlike the sleepy town, the harbour was a hive of activity.
- That sleepy morning, before he heated his bath water, he was nursing a hangover.
- The normally sleepy port town of Lüderitz is expected for once to awake from its slumber when President San Nujoma visits the town next week.
- We should picture, it seems, a sleepy county town like Ipswich or Norwich in the 1830s.
- Post offices are no longer sleepy places where letters just get stamped and sent.
- ‘It's quite a sleepy place and a lot of weight is put on what the public say,’ said PC Cummings.
- During the summer of 1998 the location of the German capital moved from the sleepy town of Bonn to the largest city in the country: Berlin.
- As I came over the top of the hill, I looked around to get my bearing and admire the view of the sleepy town of Lagos.
- It is today a sleepy town but was world famous once.
- As development continued, the High Street changed from a sleepy village street to a busy shopping centre complete with its own cinemas.
- What propelled Racine from sleepy farm town to 20th-century Florence of the Heartland?
- My destination was the sleepy town of Yallingup some 265 kilometres from Perth where the Ngilgi Caves are located.
- England is not just full of white, middle class people and the countryside is not all sleepy lanes and thatched cottages.
- It's a small, sleepy place, peopled by fishing folk and farmers, but there are memories of past glories in the unexpectedly imposing church.
- The Great Winchester Gun Riot of May 1908 almost sounds like a joke, a self-mocking send-up of the usually sleepy county town.
- It's a sleepy place with lots of guest workers to cater for visitors, and offers little of the festive culture you find elsewhere in the Caribbean.
- This is a sleepy place, even in high season, but it attracts a community of surfers year-round, many coming for the world-class waves at Anchor Point.
- Scenic beaches line the island and are just minutes from the picturesque countryside, quiet sleepy lanes and stunning views.
- The outlandish story focuses on a sleepy village that is literally divided in two after inept officials draw an arbitrary line through a map of the country in their haste to reach a pub before closing time.
Synonyms quiet, peaceful, tranquil, placid, slow-moving, inactive - 1.4 (of a business, organization, or industry) lacking the ability or will to respond to change; not dynamic.
（生意，组织，工业）没有活力的，呆滞的 it was once a sleepy subsidiary of Foster & Sykes Example sentencesExamples - Here the market is expected to improve in both consumer and business PCs after a sleepy first half of the year.
- Born of people's misfortunes, credit counseling was a sleepy cottage industry for a long time.
- The shock of being ditched from the stock exchange seems to have worked wonders for its sleepy management and forced it to make changes.
- They did not fail because management was sleepy or arrogant.
- The focus shifted from sleepy, semi-State business-as-usual towards private sector-style efficiencies.
- Bad news for sleepy admins; but good news overall, as this checks the worm's spread somewhat.
- They ensured that senior staff were rewarded for their efforts and, in 10 years, transformed the firm from a sleepy business into a thriving success story.
- Many investors, however, take it upon themselves to give sleepy management a wake-up call.
- From where I sit the book business looks very sleepy indeed.
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