sleep1 /sliːp/ ●●● S1 W2 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp slept /slept/) [intransitiveI] 1 HBHSLEEPto rest your mind and body, usually at night when you are lying in bed with your eyes closed 睡,睡觉 → asleep I usually sleep on my back. 我一般仰卧着睡觉。
Did you sleep well? 你睡得好吗?
He’s lucky because at least he has somewhere to sleep. 他算是幸运的,至少还有个睡觉的地方。
2. sleep rough British EnglishBrESLEEPHOME to sleep outdoors in uncomfortable conditions, especially because you have no money 〔尤因没有钱〕露宿sleep rough• And he's often had to sleep rough.• Now it's in urgent need of blankets to lend to those forced to sleep rough.• Others are left to wander or sleep rough.• She lost precious belongings in her days of sleeping rough.• A chap who had slept rough for more than 20 years was invited to offer ideas on how it should be run.• How long he'd been sleeping rough no one could tell.• As a result we have seen a sharp fall in the numbers who sleep rough on our streets.• Many people in neighbouring buildings were also hurt as were a number of beggars sleeping rough on the pavement.
3. sleep on it spokenDECIDE# to not make a decision about something important until the next day 〔把重要的事〕留待第二天决定sleep on it• He asked if he could sleep on it.• We decided to sleep on it.• With so much within easy reach, we were clearly spoilt for choice and decided to sleep on it.• There's no obligation to do anything at all. Sleep on it, and tell me what you think in the morning. 4 sleep tight spokenSLEEP said especially to children before they go to bed to say that you hope they sleep well 睡个好觉〔尤用于对睡觉前的小孩子说〕 Good night, Jenny. Sleep tight! 晚安,珍妮,睡个好觉!
5 somebody can sleep easy used to say that someone no longer has to worry about something 某人可以睡个安稳〔表示不用再为某事担心〕 Unlike some other Internet sites, when you buy from us, you can sleep easy. 我们和其他的网站不一样,你从我们网站购买,可以完全放心。
6 sleep two/four/six etc to have enough beds for a particular number of people 可供两人/四人/六人等睡 The villa sleeps four. 这栋别墅可供四人住宿。
7. let sleeping dogs lie MENTION#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let sleeping dogs lie• The best plan is just to let sleeping dogs lie. 8. literaryQUIET if a village, house etc sleeps, it is very quiet during the night 〔入夜后的村庄、房子等〕寂静无声 COLLOCATIONSadverbssleep well 睡得好I haven’t been sleeping well lately. 我最近睡得不好。
sleep badly 睡得不好Eleanor slept badly that night. 埃莉诺那晚睡得很不好。
sleep soundly/deeply (=in a way that means you are not likely to wake) 睡得香/沉Within seconds, Maggie was sleeping soundly. 没一会儿,玛吉就睡熟了。
sleep peacefully 睡得安稳Celia slept peacefully beside him. 西莉娅在他身边安然入睡。
nsleep uneasily (=not sleep well, because you are worried)That night I slept uneasily, anxious about the meeting the next day.
sleep fitfully literary (=sleep badly, waking up after short periods, especially because you are worried) 时睡时醒nShe slept fitfully, her mind filled with images of Jack’s face.
nbarely/hardly sleep (=to not sleep well)I’d hardly slept the night before the wedding.
sleep late (=not wake up until late in the morning) 睡到很晚nShe had slept late; it was already eleven.
nphrasescan’t/couldn’t sleepI went to bed, but I couldn’t sleep.
be unable to sleepHe lay down but was unable to sleep.
have trouble sleeping (=to not sleep well)Why do so many elderly people have trouble sleeping?
sleep like a log (also sleep like a baby) informal (=sleep very well)I was exhausted and slept like a log.
not sleep a wink informal (=not sleep at all)I didn’t sleep a wink last night.
THESAURUSsleep to rest your mind and body with your eyes closed. Sleep is usually used when talking about how long, how deeply, or where someone sleeps. When saying that someone is not awake, you use be asleep 睡,睡觉〔sleep一般用于指某人睡得多久、多深或睡在哪里,说某人是睡着的要用be asleep〕Most people sleep for about eight hours. 大多数人睡八小时左右。
He slept downstairs. 他睡在楼下。
Did you sleep well? 你睡得好吗?
be asleep to be sleeping 睡着The baby’s asleep – don’t wake her. 宝宝睡着了——别叫醒她。
He was fast asleep (=completely asleep) by the time I got home. 等我到家的时候他已经睡得很熟了。
oversleep to sleep for longer than you intended so that you wake up late in the morning 睡过头I overslept and was late for work. 我睡过头,上班迟到了。
take a nap (also have a nap especially British EnglishBrE) (also have forty winks informal) to sleep for a short time during the day 〔在白天〕打个盹,小睡I think I’ll have a nap. 我想小睡一会儿。
She had been awake all night and was looking forward to taking a nap. 她一夜没睡,很想打个盹。
have/take a snooze informal to sleep for a short time, especially in a chair, not in a bed 〔尤指在椅子上〕打盹I think I’ll have a quick snooze. 我想打个盹。
doze to sleep lightly, for example in a chair, and be easily woken 〔在椅子上等〕打瞌睡,半睡I wasn’t really asleep – I was just dozing. 我没有真的睡着——只是打了个瞌睡。
I must have dozed off (=started sleeping) halfway through the film. 我肯定是电影看到一半就瞌睡过去了。
nkip British EnglishBrE informal to sleep somewhere, especially somewhere that is not your home – a very informal useI kipped at my mate’s for a couple of days.
Is it alright if I kip on the floor?
9.sleep around phrasal verbphr v informal SEX/HAVE SEX WITHto 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〕sleep around• I don't sleep around any more, not since I met Jack.• If you sleep around, you increase your risk of getting AIDS. 10 sleep in phrasal verbphr v informal WAKE UP/GET UPto 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。
sleep in• Where are Diane and Mike? Sleeping in again, huh?• She doesn't even like sleeping in, even on Sundays.• I think I'll go to bed late tonight and sleep in tomorrow. 11 sleep something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v informal SLEEPto sleep until you do not feel ill anymore, 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醉。
sleep it off• Go someplace and sleep it off.• I know him, he's a mate, probably just had a few and he's sleeping it off.• Placed on report, Wait was told to go below and sleep it off.• So you needed to sleep it off.• You threw a blanket over your wife and let her sleep it off.• If some local traveller wanted to sleep it off in the Rectory, who was she to say he should not.• The square was empty, except for a pair of winos sleeping it off under the statue. 12.sleep over phrasal verbphr v STAY WITH SB, IN A HOTEL ETCto 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 over• Is it okay if I sleep over at Sam's house tomorrow night?• Are your friends sleeping over tonight? 13 sleep through phrasal verbphr v a) sleep through somethingSLEEP 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? 雷雨那么大你怎么能睡得着?
b) sleep through (something)SLEEP 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. 宝宝安然睡了一整夜。
sleep through something• He was not yet soldier enough to sleep through everything.• The ruinous boy was now nineteen and sleeping through his gap year.• Neil got to sleep through it all.• If I sleep through the alarm, will you wake me?• He routinely did his Easter duty, kept the Commandments, but often slept through the Sunday slate of masses.• Three-year-olds respond best and infants either sleep through the visit or are the most overwhelmed.• Here, clinging like autumn leaves to a few favoured trees, some 200m butterflies sleep through the winter.• We learned to sleep through tremendous noises, such as outgoing mortar or artillery or machine-gun fire. sleep through (something)• He was not yet soldier enough to sleep through everything.• The ruinous boy was now nineteen and sleeping through his gap year.• Neil got to sleep through it all.• If I sleep through the alarm, will you wake me?• He routinely did his Easter duty, kept the Commandments, but often slept through the Sunday slate of masses.• Three-year-olds respond best and infants either sleep through the visit or are the most overwhelmed.• Here, clinging like autumn leaves to a few favoured trees, some 200m butterflies sleep through the winter.• We learned to sleep through tremendous noises, such as outgoing mortar or artillery or machine-gun fire.
14.sleep together phrasal verbphr v SEX/HAVE SEX WITHif people sleep together, they have sex with each other 发生性关系sleep together• If it is possible, we will sleep together.• Leith's mouth fell open in surprise as she realised that this awful man thought she and Travis were sleeping together.• For ten days we ate together, slept together, never spent two minutes apart.• She had obviously enticed Patrick to run away with her - were they sleeping together, she wondered briefly? 15 sleep with somebody phrasal verbphr v SEX/HAVE SEX WITHto have sex with someone, especially someone you are not married to 与某人〔尤指非配偶〕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。