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| 1 | I to go into a natural state in which you are unconscious for a time and your body rests, especially for several hours at night （尤指夜间）睡，睡觉 |
| The baby usually sleeps in the afternoon. 这个婴儿通常在下午睡觉。 |
| sleep wellsoundly I didn’ t sleep very well last night. 我昨晚没睡好。 |
| sleep badly We both slept badly and felt terrible the next day. 我们俩都没睡好，第二天感觉糟透了。 |
| | 1a | to not sleep at all 一点都没睡；没合眼 | |
| | 1b | to sleep very well 睡得很死；熟睡 | |
| | 1c | to sleep at someone else’ s house for the night （在某人家里）过夜 | | I slept the night at John’ s. 我在约翰家里过的夜。 | |
| | 1d | to sleep outside because you do not have anywhere to live 在户外睡觉；露宿 | | Many teenagers are now sleeping rough on the streets. 许多十几岁的青少年现在在街头露宿。 | |
| | 1e | used for telling someone , especially a child , that you hope they sleep well 睡个好觉（尤用于对儿童讲话时） | |
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| 2 | T never passive to have enough room or beds for a particular number of people to sleep in 供…住宿 |
| sleeps four/six/etc Our house at the beach sleeps six comfortably. 我们在海滨的房子可舒舒服服地住6个人。 |
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| 3 | I mainly literary if a place or building sleeps, all the people who live there are sleeping, especially at night （尤指入夜后某地或建筑物）沉寂，静寂 |
| New York City is sometimes called ‘the city that never sleeps’ . 纽约市有时被称为“不夜城”。 |
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| - | let sleeping dogs lie
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| to leave a person or situation alone if they might cause you trouble |
| 别多事；别惹麻烦 |
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| Don’ t ask him again. It’ s better to let sleeping dogs lie. 不要再问他了，最好别惹麻烦。 |
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| - | ˌsleep aˈround |
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| | to have sexual relations with a lot of different people 与很多人发生性关系；滥交 | Sleeping around increases the risk of catching AIDS. 滥交会增加感染艾滋病的危险。 | |
| - | ˌsleep aˈway |
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| 1 | to sleep in order to stop thinking or worrying about something , or to stop feeling something 以睡眠消除 | She just wanted to sleep her troubles away. 她只是想以睡眠来消除烦恼。 | |
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| 2 | to spend a period of time in sleeping 以睡觉度过 | At weekends, I sometimes sleep away half the morning. 周末我有时会睡掉半个上午。 | |
| - | ˌsleep ˈin |
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| | to continue sleeping after the time you usually wake up 迟起；睡懒觉 | The whole family sleeps in on Sundays. 星期天全家人都睡懒觉。 | |
| - | ˌsleep ˈoff |
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| | to get rid of an unpleasant or uncomfortable feeling by sleeping, especially after eating or drinking too much （尤指吃多或喝多后）以睡眠解除（不适） | The day after the wedding, I’ ll still be sleeping off the champagne. 婚礼的第二天，我仍然是以睡觉来解喝香槟的酒醉。 | |
| - | ˈsleep on |
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| | sleep on sth: to wait to make a decision until the next day , after you have rested and had more time to think 把…留待第二天再决定 | Let me sleep on it and give you an answer tomorrow. 让我再考虑一下，明天给你答复。 | |
| - | ˌsleep ˈover |
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| | to sleep at someone else’ s house for one night 在别人家过夜；不在家过夜 | Mum, can Billy sleep over on Saturday? 妈妈，比利星期六可以在我家过夜吗？ | |
| - | ˈsleep ˌthrough |
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| 1 | T sleep through sth: to remain sleeping although there is a lot of noise around you 睡着没被（…）吵醒 | ‘Did you hear the storm last night?’ ‘No, I must have slept through it.’ “你昨晚听见下暴雨了吗？”“没听见，我肯定是睡过去了。” | |
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| 2 | I to continue sleeping for a long time （长时间）一直睡；连续睡过（一段时间） | +untilto I was so tired I slept through until noon. 我太累了，一直睡到中午。 | |
| - | ˈsleep toˌgether |
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| | if two people sleep together , they have sex , especially when they are not married （尤指未婚者）性交 | They’ re not married but I think they’ re sleeping together. 他们没有结婚，但我想他们睡在一起了。 | |
| - | ˈsleep with |
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| | sleep with sb: to have sex with someone , especially someone you are not married to （尤指未婚时）与…发生性关系 | Are you sleeping with him? 你跟他睡了吗？ | |
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