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词汇 sleep
释义 sleep
noun
uk /sliːp/ us /sliːp/

sleepnoun (NOT AWAKE)


B1[ U ]
the resting state in which the body is not active and the mind is unconscious: 睡觉,睡眠
I haven't had enough sleep.
Teenagers need more sleep than adults.
get some sleepI must get some sleep - I'm exhausted.我必须睡一会儿——我太累了。
Go home and get some sleep.
I like at least seven hours' sleep a night.
Synonyms
kipUKinformal
shuteyeinformal , old-fashioned in UK
slumberliterary
See also
sleepwalker
 go to sleep
to start sleeping:
You'll find that your baby usually goes to sleep after a feed.你会发现你的孩子通常吃饱后就睡了。
 get to sleep
B1
to succeed in starting to sleep:
I couldn't get to sleep at all last night, I was so worried.昨晚我担心得无法入睡。
B1[ C ]
a period of sleeping: (一段时间的)睡眠
have a sleepUKYou must be tired after all that driving - why don't you have a little sleep?开了那么长时间的车你一定累了——为什么不睡一小会儿?
fall into a deep sleepHe fell into a deep sleep.他睡得很沉。
good night's sleepYou'll feel better after a good night's sleep.好好地睡一晚上以后你会感觉好些。
[ C ]informal
a night's sleep, used especially when saying how far away in time something is:
It's only one more sleep till we go to Disneyland!
How many sleeps until I see you again, Daddy?
Get a good night's sleep and you'll feel better able to cope.晚上好好睡一觉,就更有能力解决问题。
She fell into a lovely deep sleep.
I'm not feeling very alert today - not enough sleep last night!今天我感觉特迟钝——昨晚没睡好!
It was so hot that I didn't get off to sleep till three o'clock.天太热了,我直到3点才睡着。
She grinds her teeth in her sleep.她睡觉磨牙。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Animal physiology: sleep & sleeping
altered state of consciousness
beauty
bed
bunk
bye-byes
catch/cop/get some z'sidiom
comatose
count
crash
doss
doze off
drift off
drop off
sleeping
sleepwalk
sleepwalking
snooze
snoozing
somnambulate
your beauty sleepidiom

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Periods of time - general words

sleepnoun (SUBSTANCE)


[ U ]informal
a yellowish substance sometimes found in the corners of the eyes after sleeping眼屎
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Animal physiology: bodily fluids & their production
biliary
bilirubin
bodily fluid
bogy
break out in a cold sweat
gob
perspire
purulent
saliva
salivary
salivate
salivation
semen
seminal fluid
seminiferous
slag
slaver
slobber
sweat bucketsidiom
sweaty

Idioms


could do something in your sleep
go back to sleep!
go to sleep
put something to sleep
sleep
verb
uk /sliːp/ us /sliːp/slept | slept
A1[ I ]
to be in the state of rest when your eyes are closed, your body is not active, and your mind is unconscious: 睡,睡觉;入睡
I couldn't sleep because of all the noise next door.隔壁的噪音让我睡不着。
sleep lateI slept late on Sunday morning.我星期天早上睡懒觉了。
sleep at nightHow can Jayne sleep at night with all those worries on her mind!心头有那么多担心的事,杰恩晚上怎么能睡得着?
sleep the nightWe had dinner with Ann and Charles and slept the night there (= at their home).我们与安和查尔斯共进晚餐并在他们家过夜。
See also
oversleep
sleepoutAustralian English
[ T ]
If a vehicle, tent, etc. sleeps a particular number of people, it provides enough space or beds for that number of people to be able to sleep in it: (车辆、帐篷等)躺得下,可供…睡觉
The tent sleeps four comfortably.这顶帐篷足以容纳下四个人。
 sleep like a loginformal
to sleep very well: 睡得很香
I went to bed early and slept like a log.我早早上了床,睡得很香。
 sleep on something
C2
to delay making a decision about something important until the next day so that you have time to consider it carefully: 把…留到第二天再作决定,推迟对…作出决定
Can I sleep on it, and tell you my decision tomorrow?“我能不能推迟一下作决定,明天再告诉你?”
informal
to pay no attention to something important or impressive:
It would be mad to sleep on such an opportunity.
 sleep rough
UK
to sleep outside because you have no home and no money: 风餐露宿
Hundreds of kids are sleeping rough on the streets of the capital.有成百上千的孩子露宿在首都街头。
 sleep tight
said to someone who is going to bed to tell them you hope they sleep well:
Sleep tight - see you in the morning.
Having a milky drink before bed helps me sleep.睡前喝一杯含乳饮料有利于我的睡眠。
My brother and I slept in the same room.
He likes to sleep on the right side of the bed.他喜欢睡在床的右边。
I'm so tired I could sleep in this chair!
I slept terribly last night.我昨晚睡得很不好。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Animal physiology: sleep & sleeping
altered state of consciousness
beauty
bed
bunk
bye-byes
catch/cop/get some z'sidiom
comatose
count
crash
doss
doze off
drift off
drop off
sleeping
sleepwalk
sleepwalking
snooze
snoozing
somnambulate
your beauty sleepidiom

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Accommodating people

Related word


sleeping

Idioms


sleep at night
sleep like a baby

Phrasal verbs


sleep around
sleep in
sleep something off
sleep over
sleep through something
sleep together
sleep with someone

sleep | American Dictionary


sleep
noun[ U ]
us/slip/
the resting state in which the body is not active and the mind is unconscious:
I usually sit up in bed and watch the TV news before going to sleep.
sleep
verb[ I/T ]
us/slip/past tense and past participlesleptus/slept/
to be in a resting state in which the body is not active and the mind is unconscious:
[ I ]I was too excited to sleep much that night.
[ T ]The boat sleeps four (= has space for four people to sleep) comfortably.

Idioms


sleep it off
sleep like a log
sleep on it

Phrasal verb


sleep in

Examples of sleep


sleep
When trying to sleep in a dark room, one would experience the most brilliant possible white spread over the entire visual field.
Treatment can be a single or repeated sleep deprivation, total (all night) or partial (second half of the night).
Objects and persons become named and explained during the sleep-to-waking transition.
It must be noted, however, that peripheral autonomic activity may be uncoupled from central autonomic activity in deep sleep.
These methods may lead to more precise definitions of sleep stages and their relationships.
Significant improvements in "sleep" were observed for both groups of patients, with no significant intergroup differences.
The improvement disappeared after sleeping horizontally for a night.
Such states provoke considerable gnashing of teeth among the unfortunates whose task is to score sleep stages.
Answering this question will help provide us with an understanding of what produces both the similarities and differences in sleep mentation across sleep stages.
If it were not, we would always be in a dream state, for dopaminergic neurons fire similarly during all stages of the sleep-waking cycle.
The positive affect, eating, and sleep domains were entirely eliminated because of failing at least one of these tests.
Interaction between d-amphetamine and ethanol with respect to locomotion, stereotypies, ethanol sleeping time, and the kinetics of drug elimination.
Among other sleep disorders, four patients noticed difficulties in falling asleep in each group, and one patient had excessive daytime sleepiness in the modafinil group.
Her imagination was sleeping, or she had no artistic imagination at all.
Oscillations of the spontaneous slow wave sleep rhythm in lateral geniculate nucleus relay neurons of behaving cats.
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Collocations withsleep


sleep

These are words often used in combination with sleep.

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deep sleep
Assume that awakening takes place from deepsleep; it takes time before recall can be made.
disturbed sleep
Physical symptoms described include eating more and having disturbedsleep.
good sleep
The environment is important for the initiation and maintenance of goodsleep hygiene.
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