take/have a siesta• Follow the locals, when abroad, and have a siesta indoors.• If I did have a siesta it was always a very short one.• Everyone pretended Clarisa was simply taking a siesta.• At one, in the stifling heat, we took a siesta.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SIESTA | SIESTA + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤little, short午後小憩▸➤afternoon, midday午睡VERB + SIESTA➤have, take睡午覺◇Lots of people were taking a short siesta in the shade.很多人在陰涼處小睡。SIESTA + NOUN➤time午睡時間PREPOSITION➤for a siesta午睡一會兒◇I went upstairs for my afternoon siesta.我上樓去睡午覺。