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单词 asleep
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Definition of asleep in English:

asleep

adjective əˈsliːpəˈslip
  • 1predicative In a state of sleep.

    处于睡眠状态的(地),进入睡眠状态的(地)

    she had been asleep for over three hours

    她已睡了三个多小时了。

    a man lay asleep

    一名男子躺着睡着了。

    he soon fell asleep
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I don't know what's wearing me out at the moment, but for the first time in years I actually fell asleep on the train.
    • As I fell asleep halfway through, I never did discover how that turned out.
    • At about three or four that morning, I dropped my book and fell asleep.
    • I was so glad of my bed when I got to it that I fell asleep right away, and slept through until I was woken by the phone at eight.
    • I fell asleep on the train from Victoria to Brighton the other evening.
    • My mom wound it up every night and it plinked its way though the melody until I fell asleep.
    • After he fell asleep, I sat on the bed and just spent a couple of minutes looking at him.
    • When I got to Las Vegas, I got my racing number and went back to the car to rest and fell asleep.
    • When they got home Nan fell asleep on the couch and remained asleep for the rest of the afternoon.
    • So I fell asleep on the pull out couch in my studio apartment the minute I got home.
    • I fell asleep sometime after that and had some very disturbed dreams.
    • She had pizza bagels for lunch and fell asleep for a nap soon after we were done.
    • There they fell asleep and slept peacefully, as lovers did when they were together.
    • I flew back from Seoul last night and fell asleep almost right away.
    • Samuel smiled and wrapped his arms around her as he too dozed off and fell asleep.
    • I used to listen to your breathing for hours after you fell asleep at night.
    • She rubbed his head till he fell asleep again, and she soon drifted off to sleep once more.
    • One night she was at a party and fell asleep sitting on the speakerbox.
    • I fell asleep knowing that whatever we had, it was finished, that this moment would be the last, that I had to let him go.
    • He was so exhausted from today's walk that when he sat down to rest, he fell asleep.
    Synonyms
    sleeping, fast asleep, sound asleep, in a deep sleep, slumbering, napping, catnapping, dozing, resting, reposing, drowsing, dormant, comatose
    sleeping, fast asleep, sound asleep, in a deep sleep, slumbering, napping, catnapping, dozing, resting, reposing, drowsing, dormant, comatose
    1. 1.1 Not attentive or alert; inactive.
      〈北美,非正式〉不专心的,不留神的;不活跃的
      the competition was not asleep

      比赛相当激烈。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I felt like a part of my brain was numb or asleep, but at the same time liberated.
      • I asked quite silly and half asleep what he was doing home again when he sort of mouped that it was all closed and no one was there.
      • Matt was both alert and asleep at the same time, the feeling one gets when one spends the entire night awake drinking coffee.
      Synonyms
      inactive, inert, latent, fallow, passive, idle, at rest, inoperative, deactivated, in abeyance, quiet
    2. 1.2 (of a limb) having no feeling; numb.
      (肢体)无感觉的;麻木的
      his legs were asleep

      他的双腿麻木了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Piper and Blair found a bench to sit down at while rubbed my leg which had fallen asleep on the ride up.
      • Then he would ask for her to help him to stand up, because his legs had fallen asleep.
      • Then I realized that my left foot was completely asleep and I could not move it or feel it at all.
      • It didn't feel so good at the time - my legs were still asleep and came slowly to life on the treadmill.
      • Her hand had fallen asleep as it clutched her blanket around her shoulders.
      • It's the fancy medical term for that nasty tingling that crawls up your leg when your foot's asleep.
      • Brayden woke with a crick in his neck, his arm asleep and the blankets too warm about him.
      Synonyms
      numb, without feeling, numbed, benumbed, dead, deadened, desensitized, insensible, insensate, senseless, unfeeling
      anaesthetized
      rare torpefied
    3. 1.3literary Used euphemistically to indicate that someone is dead.
      〈诗/文,婉〉长眠的,已死的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The dead lie asleep, but in the second coming they shall be awakened from their graves and clothed in new skin.
      Synonyms
      dead, expired, departed, gone, no more, passed on, passed away

Phrases

  • asleep at the wheel

    • informal Not attentive or alert.

      〈北美,非正式〉不专心的,不留神的;不活跃的

      let's hope the regulators are not asleep at the wheel
      someone must have been asleep at the switch to allow this
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We've been asleep at the wheel for over forty years, folks.
      • As for extras, someone was asleep at the wheel on this disc.
      • We must have been asleep at the switch, and so we have to revamp our intelligence structure from the ground up.
      • The software giant has been quiet in the news business for some time, but don't assume the industry leader is asleep at the wheel.
      • Nor were our political leaders the only ones asleep at the switch.
      Synonyms
      lax, negligent, neglectful, remiss, careless, slapdash, slipshod, lackadaisical, lazy, inefficient, incompetent, inattentive, offhand, casual, disorderly, disorganized

Rhymes

beep, bleep, cheap, cheep, creep, deep, heap, Jeep, keep, leap, neap, neep, peep, reap, seep, sheep, skin-deep, sleep, steep, Streep, sweep, veep, weep

Definition of asleep in US English:

asleep

adjectiveəˈslipəˈslēp
  • 1predicative In a state of sleep.

    处于睡眠状态的(地),进入睡眠状态的(地)

    she had been asleep for over three hours

    她已睡了三个多小时了。

    a man lay asleep

    一名男子躺着睡着了。

    he soon fell asleep
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There they fell asleep and slept peacefully, as lovers did when they were together.
    • He was so exhausted from today's walk that when he sat down to rest, he fell asleep.
    • When I got to Las Vegas, I got my racing number and went back to the car to rest and fell asleep.
    • I flew back from Seoul last night and fell asleep almost right away.
    • When they got home Nan fell asleep on the couch and remained asleep for the rest of the afternoon.
    • One night she was at a party and fell asleep sitting on the speakerbox.
    • She rubbed his head till he fell asleep again, and she soon drifted off to sleep once more.
    • I don't know what's wearing me out at the moment, but for the first time in years I actually fell asleep on the train.
    • At about three or four that morning, I dropped my book and fell asleep.
    • I fell asleep knowing that whatever we had, it was finished, that this moment would be the last, that I had to let him go.
    • As I fell asleep halfway through, I never did discover how that turned out.
    • So I fell asleep on the pull out couch in my studio apartment the minute I got home.
    • Samuel smiled and wrapped his arms around her as he too dozed off and fell asleep.
    • I was so glad of my bed when I got to it that I fell asleep right away, and slept through until I was woken by the phone at eight.
    • My mom wound it up every night and it plinked its way though the melody until I fell asleep.
    • She had pizza bagels for lunch and fell asleep for a nap soon after we were done.
    • I used to listen to your breathing for hours after you fell asleep at night.
    • I fell asleep on the train from Victoria to Brighton the other evening.
    • I fell asleep sometime after that and had some very disturbed dreams.
    • After he fell asleep, I sat on the bed and just spent a couple of minutes looking at him.
    Synonyms
    sleeping, fast asleep, sound asleep, in a deep sleep, slumbering, napping, catnapping, dozing, resting, reposing, drowsing, dormant, comatose
    sleeping, fast asleep, sound asleep, in a deep sleep, slumbering, napping, catnapping, dozing, resting, reposing, drowsing, dormant, comatose
    1. 1.1 Not attentive or alert; inactive.
      〈北美,非正式〉不专心的,不留神的;不活跃的
      the competition was not asleep

      比赛相当激烈。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Matt was both alert and asleep at the same time, the feeling one gets when one spends the entire night awake drinking coffee.
      • I felt like a part of my brain was numb or asleep, but at the same time liberated.
      • I asked quite silly and half asleep what he was doing home again when he sort of mouped that it was all closed and no one was there.
      Synonyms
      inactive, inert, latent, fallow, passive, idle, at rest, inoperative, deactivated, in abeyance, quiet
    2. 1.2 (of a limb) having no feeling; numb.
      (肢体)无感觉的;麻木的
      his legs were asleep

      他的双腿麻木了。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Then he would ask for her to help him to stand up, because his legs had fallen asleep.
      • Then I realized that my left foot was completely asleep and I could not move it or feel it at all.
      • Piper and Blair found a bench to sit down at while rubbed my leg which had fallen asleep on the ride up.
      • It didn't feel so good at the time - my legs were still asleep and came slowly to life on the treadmill.
      • Her hand had fallen asleep as it clutched her blanket around her shoulders.
      • Brayden woke with a crick in his neck, his arm asleep and the blankets too warm about him.
      • It's the fancy medical term for that nasty tingling that crawls up your leg when your foot's asleep.
      Synonyms
      numb, without feeling, numbed, benumbed, dead, deadened, desensitized, insensible, insensate, senseless, unfeeling
      numb, without feeling, numbed, benumbed, dead, deadened, desensitized, insensible, insensate, senseless, unfeeling
    3. 1.3literary Used euphemistically to indicate that someone is dead.
      〈诗/文,婉〉长眠的,已死的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The dead lie asleep, but in the second coming they shall be awakened from their graves and clothed in new skin.
      Synonyms
      dead, expired, departed, gone, no more, passed on, passed away

Phrases

  • asleep at the wheel

    • informal Not attentive or alert.

      〈北美,非正式〉不专心的,不留神的;不活跃的

      let's hope the regulators are not asleep at the wheel
      someone must have been asleep at the switch to allow this
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We've been asleep at the wheel for over forty years, folks.
      • As for extras, someone was asleep at the wheel on this disc.
      • Nor were our political leaders the only ones asleep at the switch.
      • The software giant has been quiet in the news business for some time, but don't assume the industry leader is asleep at the wheel.
      • We must have been asleep at the switch, and so we have to revamp our intelligence structure from the ground up.
      Synonyms
      lax, negligent, neglectful, remiss, careless, slapdash, slipshod, lackadaisical, lazy, inefficient, incompetent, inattentive, offhand, casual, disorderly, disorganized
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