查词 - asleep

asleep

əˈsliːp adj

1 sleeping 睡着的;

Quiet! The baby’s asleep.

安静点！宝宝在睡觉。

fast/sound asleep

2

fall asleep

a. to begin to sleep b. used to mean that someone dies, when you want to avoid saying this directly [文] 长眠 literary

Grandad fell asleep watching TV.

爷爷看电视时睡着了。

One in seven road accidents is caused by drivers falling asleep at the wheel (=fall asleep while driving) .

七分之一的事故是司机驾车时睡着引起的。

3

half asleep

very tired or not completely awake 精疲力竭; 睡眼惺忪的

Still half asleep, Jenny began to make the kids’ breakfast.

珍妮还睡眼惺忪时就开始为孩子们准备早餐了。

4 an arm or leg that is asleep has been in one position for too long, so you cannot feel it properly 〔手臂或腿〕麻木的

5

asleep at the wheel/switch

not paying attention to a situation, so that something bad happens 漫不经心的〔以至不好的事发生〕

Several publishers were asleep at the switch, and missed the book’s potential.

几家出版商掉以轻心，没看到这本书的潜力。