asleep
/əˈsliːp/adjective & adverb
1- in or into a state of sleep处于睡眠状态的（地）, 进入睡眠状态的（地）：
as adj. she had been asleep for over three hours她已睡了三个多小时了
as adv. a man lay asleep.一名男子躺着睡着了。
1.1
- not attentive or alert; inactive不专心的, 不留神的; 不积极的, 不活跃的：
as adj. the competition was not asleep.比赛相当激烈。
1.2
- (of a limb) having no feeling; numb（肢体）无感觉的; 麻木的：
as adj. his legs were asleep.他的双腿麻木了。
1.3
- poetic/literary used euphemistically to indicate that someone is dead〈诗/文, 婉〉长眠的, 已死的。
短语
asleep at the switch
- N. Amer. informal not attentive or alert; inactive〈北美, 非正式〉不专心的, 不留神的; 不活跃的：
our industry is asleep at the switch.
我们的工业毫无生气。