sleeping
US
UK sleeping adj: (asleep)
SC 睡着的 shuì zháo de
TC 睡著的
TC 睡著的
Charles let himself into the house quietly, so as not to wake the sleeping children.
查尔斯悄悄摸进房子里，免得吵醒睡着了的孩子们。
sleeping n: (unconsciousness)
SC 睡觉 shuì jiào
SC 睡眠 shuì jiào ，shuì mián
TC 睡眠
TC 睡眠
In a state somewhere between sleeping and waking, Marion murmured, "What time is it?"
在半睡半醒之间，马里昂轻声嘟囔道：“现在几点了？”
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
let sleeping dogs lie v expr: figurative (don't provoke an argument)
SC 别自找麻烦，别惹麻烦
rough sleeping n: UK (homelessness)
SC 露宿
SC 无家可归 wú jiā kě guī
TC 無家可歸
TC 無家可歸
silent partner, also UK: sleeping partner n: figurative (business investor with no active role)
SC 隐名合伙人 yǐn míng hé huǒ rén
SC 不参加经营的合伙人 yǐn míng hé huǒ rén，bù cān jiā jīng yíng de hé huǒ rén
Dad's only a silent partner in the business: he never gets involved in decision making.
sleeping bag n: (padded sack for sleeping in)
SC 睡袋 shuì dài
We both fit into one large sleeping bag.
这个大睡袋能容纳下我们俩。
sleeping car n: (train carriage fitted with bed)
SC 卧铺车 wò pù chē
TC 臥舖車
TC 臥舖車
sleeping pill, sleeping tablet n: (sedative drug in pill form)
SC 安眠药 ān mián yào
TC 安眠藥
TC 安眠藥
He couldn't sleep at all without taking sleeping pills.
sleeping policeman n: UK (road hump)
SC 减速的突起路面
SC 减速缓冲带
sleeping quarter n: (dormitory, bedroom, etc.)
SC 宿舍，寝室 sù shè ，qǐn shì
TC 宿舍
TC 宿舍
sleeping quarters npl: (place where [sb] sleeps)
SC 睡眠区域
sleeping sickness n: (encephalitis)
SC 昏睡性脑炎 hūn shuì xìng nǎo yán
sleeping sickness n: (infection causing fatigue)
SC 非洲锥虫病 fēi zhōu zhuī chóng bìng
SC 昏睡病 fēi zhōu zhuī chóng bìng，hūn shuì bìng
SC 瞌睡症 fēi zhōu zhuī chóng bìng，kē shuì zhèng