词汇 | sleepless |
释义 | sleepless adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˈsliːp.ləs/ us /ˈsliːp.ləs/ C1 without any sleep: 失眠的,不能成寐的 I've spent so many sleepless nights worrying about him.好几个夜晚我因为担心他而夜不能寐。 [ after verb ] not able to sleep: 失眠的,无法入睡的 Alone and sleepless, she stared miserably up at the ceiling.她孤独难眠,痛苦地盯着天花板。 Animal physiology: not sleeping & not unconscious anti-sleep come round fully conscious get up insomnia keep someone up knock land night owl rise sit (someone) up toss vigil wait wait up wake up!idiom wakefully wakefulness wakey-wakey woke Related wordsleeplessness sleepless | American Dictionarysleepless adjective[ not gradable ] us/ˈslip·ləs/ without sleeping, or without being able to sleep: I’ve spent so many sleepless nights worrying about him. Examples of sleeplesssleepless He must have had sleepless nights worrying about where to find the £20. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have just found the answer to my sleepless nights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In any case, he should not have any sleepless nights about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have had many sleepless nights over this particular matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure that gives him little cause sleepless nights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not regard this as an opportunity to take revenge for sleepless nights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has lived laborious days and spent sleepless nights in combating an organised conspiracy against law and order in that country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now it brings sleepless nightson top of the fears. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Selling for housing development causes less sleepless nights and puts money in the bank. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Imagine the sleepless nights and collapse of many treasurers and chairmen of committees as a result. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He gave the impression that he would spend a sleepless night before he decided whether he should give an additional lecture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not mind so much the sleepless nights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They had sleepless nights and had to take days and hours off work or school. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I spent sleepless nights considering the matter, but the woman was adamant in her decision. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A vast programme like that, when we are appalled by the present one, would certainly give us a sleepless night. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of sleepless These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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