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sleep

verb

noun

sliːp verb

1 to rest your mind and body, usually at night when you are lying in bed with your eyes closed 睡，睡觉;

sleep rough

to sleep outdoors in uncomfortable conditions, especially because you have no money [英] 露宿〔尤因没有钱〕 BrE

sleep on it

to not make a decision about something important until the next day [口] 〔把重要的事〕留待第二天决定 spoken

sleep tight

said especially to children before they go to bed to say that you hope they sleep well [口] 睡个好觉〔尤用于对睡觉前的小孩子说〕 spoken

Good night, Jenny. Sleep tight!

晚安，珍妮，睡个好觉！

sleep two/four/six etc

to have enough beds for a particular number of people 〔有床〕可供两人/四人/六人等睡

The villa sleeps four.

这栋别墅可供四人住宿。

let sleeping dogs lie

to deliberately avoid mentioning a subject, so that you do not cause any trouble or argument 别惹是生非; 别自寻烦恼

7 if a village, house etc sleeps, it is very quiet during the night [文] 〔入夜后的村庄、房子等〕静寂无声 literary

8 to have sex with a lot of different people without having a serious relationship with any of them – used to show disapproval 到处和人睡觉〔含贬义〕

9 to let yourself sleep later than usual in the morning 〔早上〕睡懒觉

We usually sleep in on Sunday mornings.

我们星期天早上通常睡懒觉。

10 to sleep until you do not feel ill any more, especially after drinking too much alcohol 用睡眠消除〔不适，尤指在醉酒后〕

He went to his room to sleep it off .

他到自己的房间去睡一觉来消除酒劲。

11 to sleep at someone’s house for a night – used especially by children 在别人家里过夜，借宿〔尤为儿语〕

sleep through sth

to sleep while something is happening and not be woken by it 睡着没有被某事物吵醒

How did you manage to sleep through that thunderstorm?

雷雨那么大的时候你怎么能睡得着？

sleep through (sth)

to sleep continuously for a long time 一直睡

I slept right through till lunchtime.

我一觉睡到吃午饭的时候。

The baby slept peacefully through the night.

宝宝夜里睡得很安静。

14 if people sleep together, they have sex with each other 睡在一起，发生性关系

15 to have sex with someone, especially someone you are not married to 与某人〔尤指非配偶〕睡觉（发生性关系）

Everybody in the office knows he’s been sleeping with Kathy.

办公室里人人都知道他和凯茜有一腿。

be asleep

You usually use rather than ‘be sleeping’. 一般用 be asleep ，不用 be sleeping

Her parents were already asleep (NOT 不说 already slept/were sleeping) .

她父母已经睡着了。

sleep

The verb is used when you are giving more information, for example about how long someone sleeps or where they sleep. 如果要提供更多的信息，如睡多长时间或睡在哪里，用动词 sleep

The baby sleeps for 12 hours.

宝宝要睡 12 个小时。

He slept in the car.

他睡在汽车里。

fall asleep

You usually say , not ‘start sleeping’. 一般用 fall asleep ，不用 start sleeping

Some students fall asleep (NOT 不说 start sleeping/start to sleep) at their desks.

一些学生趴在桌子上睡着了。

19 Do not say 不要说‘feel asleep’.

goes to sleep

You can also say someone , especially when they are in bed and want to sleep. 也可以说 go to sleep，尤其是已经在床上想睡觉时

I turned the light out and went to sleep.

我关了灯睡觉。

get to sleep

You use when someone has difficulty falling asleep. get to sleep 表示好不容易才睡着

It took me hours to get to sleep.

我费了好几个小时才睡着。

noun

BEING ASLEEP

睡觉

the natural state of resting your mind and body, usually at night 睡眠，睡觉; U

I didn’t get much sleep last night.

我昨天晚上睡得不多。

Sometimes Mike has a hard time getting to sleep (=succeeding in starting to sleep) .

有时迈克很难入睡。

I couldn’t get back to sleep (=sleep again after waking up) after he’d rung.

他打来电话后，我无法再入睡了。

drift/nod/go etc off to sleep (start sleeping) 打瞌睡

I’m sorry, I must have dropped off to sleep for a moment.

很抱歉，我一定打了一会瞌睡。

in your sleep (while you are sleeping) 在睡眠中

Ed often talks in his sleep.

埃德常常睡觉时说梦话。

She died in her sleep later that night.

那夜晚些时候她在睡眠中去世。

Her eyes were red through lack of sleep .

因为缺少睡眠，她双眼通红。

a few/a couple of/eight etc hours’ sleep

She managed on a few hours’ sleep a night.

她一晚上只睡几个小时支撑着。

PERIOD OF SLEEPING

睡眠时间

a period when you are sleeping （一段）睡眠时间 singular 单数 | BrE :

a light/deep sleep

She was woken from a deep sleep by a ring at the door.

她在熟睡中被门铃声吵醒了。

You just need a good night’s sleep (=a night when you sleep well) .

你正需要好好睡一个晚上。

a dreamless sleep

无梦的睡眠

have a sleep

Why don’t you go and have a sleep?

你为什么不去睡一觉呢？

go to sleep

a. to start sleeping b. if a part of your body goes to sleep, you cannot feel it for a short time because it has not been getting enough blood [非正式] 〔身体某部位〕麻木，发麻 informal

I went to sleep at 9 o’clock and woke up at 6.

我 9 点钟睡，6 点钟醒来。

It’s nothing, go back to sleep (=sleep again after waking up) .

没什么，继续睡吧。

lose sleep over sth

to worry about something [口] 为某事担心 spoken

It’s a practice game – I wouldn’t lose any sleep over it.

那是一场练习赛，我不会为它担心的。

put sb/sth to sleep

a. to give drugs to a sick animal so that it dies without too much pain – used to avoid saying the word ‘kill’ b. to make someone unconscious before a medical operation by giving them drugs [非正式] 〔手术前用麻醉药〕使某人失去知觉 informal

sb can do sth in their sleep

used to say that someone is able to do something very easily, especially because they have done it many times before 某人闭上眼睛都能做某事〔尤指因已做过多次〕 informal

She knew the music so well she could play it in her sleep.

她对这首乐曲太熟悉了，闭上眼睛也能奏出来。

sing/rock/lull etc sb to sleep

to sing to someone, move them gently etc until they start sleeping 唱歌/轻轻摇晃等哄某人入睡; 使某人入睡

The movement of the waves soon lulled us to sleep.

海浪的起伏很快就使我们睡着了。

send sb to sleep

a. to make someone go to sleep b. if something sends someone to sleep, it is extremely boring 〔某事极其乏味〕使某人昏昏欲睡

The combination of warmth and music sent him to sleep.

暖意加上音乐让他进入了梦乡。

IN YOUR EYES

在眼睛里

a substance that forms in the corners of your eyes while you are sleeping [非正式] 眵，眵目糊，眼屎 U | informal

She rubbed the sleep from her eyes.

她把眼睛里的眵目糊擦去。