新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

sleep

英  [sliːp]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • sleeps

    1[U 不可数名词] 睡眠 , 睡觉

    Sleep is the natural state of rest in which your eyes are closed, your body is inactive, and your mind does not think.

    双语例句

    例:

    They were exhausted from lack of sleep.

    他们因睡眠不足而疲惫不堪了。

    例:

    Be quiet and go to sleep.

    安静,睡觉吧。

    2[C 可数名词] (一段)睡眠时间

    A sleep is a period of sleeping.

    双语例句

    例:

    I think he may be ready for a sleep soon.

    我想他也许马上要睡上一觉。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • sleep around

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 到处乱搞男女关系

    If you say that someone sleeps around, you disapprove of them because they have sex with a lot of different people.

    双语例句

    例:

    I don't sleep around.

    我可不到处乱搞男女关系。

  • sleep in

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 睡懒觉

    If you sleep in, you stay asleep in the morning for longer than you usually do.

    双语例句

    例:

    Yesterday, few players turned up because most slept in.

    昨天,没有几个球员露面,因为大多数都睡了懒觉。

  • sleep off

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 以睡眠消除(不适)

    If you sleep off the effects of too much travelling, drink, or food, you recover from it by sleeping.

    双语例句

    例:

    It's a good idea to spend the first night of your holiday sleeping off the jet lag.

    假期的第一晚用睡觉来消除时差是个好主意。

  • sleep over

    1[PHRASAL 短语] (尤指孩子)不在家过夜

    If someone, especially a child, sleeps over in a place such as a friend's home, they stay there for one night.

    双语例句

    例:

    She said his friends could sleep over.

    她说他的朋友们可以在这里过夜。

  • sleep together

    1[PHRASAL 短语] (通常指非婚姻关系的两个人)一起睡

    If two people are sleeping together, they are having a sexual relationship, but are not usually married to each other.

    双语例句

    例:

    I'm pretty sure they slept together before they were married.

    我很确定他们婚前就发生性关系了。

  • sleep with

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 与…发生性关系

    If you sleep with someone, you have sex with them.

    双语例句

    例:

    He was old enough to sleep with a girl and make her pregnant.

    他年龄已经够大了,能够跟女孩发生性关系并使她怀孕。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • get to sleep

    1入睡

    If you cannot get to sleep, you are unable to sleep.

    双语例句

    例:

    I can't get to sleep with all that singing.

    那样的歌声让我无法入睡。

  • lose sleep

    1担心

    If you say that you didn't lose any sleep over something, you mean that you did not worry about it at all.

    双语例句

    例:

    I didn't lose too much sleep over that investigation.

    我不太担心那起调查。

  • put something to sleep

    1使(有病或受伤的动物)无痛苦地死去

    If a sick or injured animal is put to sleep, it is killed by a vet in a way that does not cause it pain.

    双语例句

    例:

    I'm going take the dog down to the vet's and have her put to sleep.

    我打算把这只狗带到兽医那儿,让她安乐死。

  • sleep on it

    1把…留待以后解决

    If you are trying to make a decision and you say that you will sleep on it, you mean that you will delay making a decision on it until the following day, so you have time to think about it.

    双语例句

    例:

    I need more time to sleep on it. It's a big decision and I want to make the right one.

    我需要更多的时间再考虑一下。这是个重大的决定,我想做出正确的决定。

    VERB. 动词
  • sleeps , sleeping , slept

    1[I 不及物动词] 睡着 , 睡觉

    When you sleep, you rest with your eyes closed and your mind and body inactive.

    双语例句

    例:

    During the drive, the baby slept.

    宝宝在行驶的过程中睡着了。

    例:

    I've not been able to sleep for the last few nights.

    最近几个晚上我一直无法入睡。

    2[T 及物动词] 供…住宿

    If a building or room sleeps a particular number of people, it has beds for that number of people.

    双语例句

    例:

    The villa sleeps 10.

    这幢别墅可供10人住宿。