sleep
US
UK sleep vi: (be asleep)
SC 睡眠 shuì mián
TC 睡眠
TC 睡眠
SC 睡觉 shuì mián，shuì jiào
I slept for nine hours last night.
我昨晚睡了九个小时。
sleep vi: (go to bed, spend the night)
SC 睡觉 shuì jiào
SC 过夜 shuì jiào ，guò yè
Do you have somewhere to sleep tonight?
你今晚有地方过夜吗？
sleep n: (period of sleeping)
SC 睡觉 shuì jiào
SC 睡眠时间 shuì jiào ，shuì mián shí jiān
It's time for sleep, children.
孩子们，到了睡觉的时间咯。
sleep with [sb] vi + prep: informal, euphemism (have sex with)
SC 和…睡觉
TC 和…睡覺
TC 和…睡覺
SC 和…做爱 hé zuò ài
SC 与...发生关系
The young man did not want to sleep with anyone until he was married.
那位年轻人在婚前不打算与任何人发生关系。
sleep on [sth] vi + prep: (lie on to sleep)
SC 在…上睡觉 zài shàng shuì jiào
SC 睡在…上面 zài shàng shuì jiào，shuì zài shàng miàn
His back hurts because he sleeps on a concrete floor.
由于睡在水泥地上面，他的背很难受。
sleep [sb] vtr: (accommodate for sleeping)
SC 为…提供睡觉的地方 wèi tí gōng shuì jiào de dì fāng
Their holiday cottage will sleep eight people.
他们的度假小屋中可以住八个人。
sleep n: figurative (dormant state) (花朵、叶子)
SC 夜间合拢 yè jiān hé lǒng
TC 夜間合攏
TC 夜間合攏
SC 休眠，蛰伏 xiū mián，zhé fú
TC 休眠(动物)
TC 休眠(动物)
The flower is closing in sleep.
sleep n: informal, uncountable (substance in eyes after sleeping)
SC 眼屎
Simon yawned and rubbed the sleep from his eyes.
西蒙打了个哈欠，擦掉了眼角的眼屎。
sleep vi: figurative (be inattentive)
SC 漫不经心 màn bù jīng xīn
TC 漫不經心
TC 漫不經心
SC 疏忽 màn bù jīng xīn，shū hū
TC 疏忽
TC 疏忽
The man was sleeping and didn't notice it was his turn.
lie in, sleep in vi phrasal: UK, informal (stay in bed late) (非正式用语)
SC 睡懒觉，赖床 shuì lǎn jiào ，lài chuáng
TC 睡懶覺
TC 睡懶覺
I will lie in this morning because I was out celebrating my birthday yesterday evening.
The newlyweds loved to lie in on Sunday mornings.
我今天早上赖床，因为昨天晚上我出去庆祝生日。//这对新婚夫妇喜欢在星期天早上待在床上。
sleep around vi phrasal: informal (have casual sex)
SC 随便与人上床 suí biàn yú rén shàng chuáng
I have no more respect for guys who sleep around than for women who do.
sleep in vi phrasal: (get up late)
SC 睡到很晚 shuì dào hěn wǎn
SC 睡懒觉 shuì dào hěn wǎn，shuì lǎn jiào
TC 睡懶覺
TC 睡懶覺
It's Saturday, so I don't have to get up for work. I can sleep in.
周六，我不用上班，所以可以睡懒觉。
sleep [sth] off vtr phrasal sep: informal (recover from by sleeping)
SC 睡一觉就好了 shuì yí jiào jiù hǎo le
SC 通过睡眠来恢复
SC 通过睡眠来消除
He had a lot to drink last night, and is still sleeping it off.
sleep out vi phrasal: (sleep away from home)
SC 外宿
SC 在外过夜
sleep out vi phrasal: (sleep away from place of employment)
SC 不住在工作地点
sleep over vi phrasal: informal (spend the night at [sb]'s house)
SC 留宿 liú sù
SC 借宿
SC 过夜 liú sù ，guò yè
Liz didn't want to drive home in the dark, so she asked Dan if she could sleep over.
sleep-talk vi phrasal: (speak during sleep)
SC 讲梦话
beauty sleep n: (sleep before midnight for beauty)
SC 美容觉
TC 美容覺
TC 美容覺
beauty sleep n: (extra rest)
SC 小睡 xiǎo shuì
deep sleep n: (most profound stage in sleep cycle)
SC 熟睡 shóu shuì / shú shuì
She was in such a deep sleep that nothing could have woken her.
eternal sleep n: poetic (death) (诗歌用语，指死亡)
SC 长眠 cháng mián
go to sleep v expr: (fall asleep, lose consciousness)
SC 睡觉 shuì jiào
SC 睡着
SC 入睡 shuì jiào ，rù shuì
I can't go to sleep with all this noise going on.
伴着这些噪音，我无法入睡。
go to sleep v expr: (limb: become numb)
SC 失去知觉 shī qù zhī jué
TC 失去知覺
TC 失去知覺
SC 麻木 shī qù zhī jué，má mù
I've been sitting in this position for so long, my legs have gone to sleep.
我保持这个姿势坐太久了，腿都麻木了。
lie-in, sleep-in n: UK, informal (sleeping late)
SC 睡懒觉 shuì lǎn jiào
TC 睡懶覺
TC 睡懶覺
SC 赖床 shuì lǎn jiào ，lài chuáng
Lie-ins are one of the best things about weekends.
睡懒觉是周末最棒的事情之一。
lull [sb] to sleep v expr: (baby, etc. send to sleep)
SC 哄...入睡
The mother's song lulled the baby to sleep.
night terror, sleep-terror disorder n: (psychology)
SC 夜惊
SC 梦魇 mèng yǎn
put [sb] to sleep v expr: (make sleepy)
SC 使…入眠, 使…失去知觉, 使睡着
The sleeping pills quickly put me to sleep.
put [sth] to sleep v expr: euphemism (animal: euthanize) (动物等)
SC 使...无痛苦地死去, 人道地杀死, 使安乐死
I was heartbroken when my cat had to be put to sleep.
put [sb] to sleep v expr: figurative (bore) (因枯燥无聊)
SC 让…昏昏欲睡 ràng hūn hūn yù shuì
His lecture put me to sleep in no time.
rock [sb] to sleep v expr: (swing gently until asleep)
SC 轻摇...哄睡觉
The father gently rocked his baby son to sleep.
send [sb] to sleep v expr: (lull, make sleepy)
SC 使…有困意 shǐ yǒu kùn yì
SC 使…昏昏欲睡 shǐ yǒu kùn yì，shǐ hūn hūn yù shuì
Adam sang his daughter a lullaby to send her to sleep.
send [sb] to sleep v expr: figurative (bore) (形容枯燥)
SC 让…昏昏欲睡 ràng hūn hūn yù shuì
The professor's voice would send the class to sleep.
sleep apnea (US), sleep apnoea (UK) n: (interrupted breathing during sleep)
SC 睡眠呼吸中止症
sleep deprived, sleep-deprived adj: (not having slept enough)
SC 睡眠不足的，缺觉的
sleep late v expr: (wake up later than usual)
SC 睡过头 shuì guò tóu
TC 睡過頭
TC 睡過頭
SC 起得晚 shuì guò tóu，qǐ de wǎn
SC 睡懒觉 shuì guò tóu，shuì lǎn jiào
TC 睡懶覺
TC 睡懶覺
I usually sleep late on Sundays.
sleep like a log v expr: figurative (sleep heavily)
SC 熟睡 shóu shuì / shú shuì
SC 睡得很沉
You were already sleeping like a log when I came to bed.
sleep like spoons v expr: informal (couple: lie with bodies close)
SC 贴卧而眠
sleep mask n: (eye covering)
SC 睡眠眼罩
sleep mode n: (computer setting: dormant) (计算机)
SC 休眠模式
sleep on it v expr: figurative (not decide until next morning)
SC 把…留待第二天再来解决
Don't give me an answer now; sleep on it and tell me tomorrow.
sleep out vi + adv: (sleep outdoors)
SC 睡在外面
SC 露宿
sleep schedule n: (cycle or patterns of sleeping)
SC 睡眠时间表
SC 作息时间表
Sleep tight interj: (Sleep well)
SC 睡个好觉 shuì gè hǎo jiào
SC 好梦 shuì gè hǎo jiào，hǎo mèng
sleep together vi + adv: informal, euphemism (have sex with one another)
SC 发生性关系 fèi shēng xìng guān xì
After they slept together once, they never saw each other again.
sleep well v expr: (have a restful sleep)
SC 睡得好 shuì de hǎo
I felt really good in my new house, so I slept well that night.
The babies sleep well when it's raining.
sleep well interj: informal (have a restful sleep)
SC 祝睡好, 睡个好觉
sleep with one eye open v expr: figurative (stay alert to danger)
SC 时刻保持警惕
SC 不敢睡得太熟
sleep-out adj: (non-resident)
SC 露宿的
As well as the live-in staff, the household also employed several sleep-out maids.
sleep-out, sleepout n: AU, NZ (veranda)
SC 阳台 yáng tái
sleepsuit, sleep suit n: (child's one-piece nightwear)
SC 婴儿睡衣
SC 婴儿睡袍
sob yourself to sleep v expr: (cry until you fall asleep)
SC 哭到睡着
After his wife left, Henry sobbed himself to sleep almost every night for a month.