vi. (slept; slept ) 1.睡，睡眠，睡着。 2.被埋葬着；长眠。 3. 麻痹，发麻。 4.(陀螺)稳定地飞速旋转。 5.静止，过闲静日子，醉生梦死。 6.过夜，住宿。 7.发生性关系。 8.【动物；动物学】冬眠，蛰伏；【植物；植物学】(花叶)夜间闭合。 vt. 1.睡(觉)。 2.用睡眠消除。 3.可住，供给…住宿。 短语和例子 sleep well [badly] 睡得好[不好]。 sleep late (早晨)起得晚，睡懒觉。 She slept eight hours. 她睡了八小时。 The sails sleep. 风帆被风鼓胀得静止不动。 sleep a sound sleep 熟睡一觉。 This hotel sleeps 500 guests. 这旅馆可供五百人住宿。 I shall sleep in New York tonight. 今晚在纽约过夜。 Let sleeping dogs lie. 不要打草惊蛇；不要自惹麻烦。 sleep around 〔俚语〕到处与人发生性关系。 sleep away 1. ＝sleep off. 2. 在睡眠中打发日子，把时间浪费在睡眠中。 sleep in 1. 〔英国〕(佣人)住在东家家里。 2. 睡过头。 3. 睡懒觉。 sleep off 睡过(时候)；睡掉(忧愁等)，用睡眠治好(头痛等)。 sleep on [upon, over]... 将…睡着想一晚；将…拖到明天。 sleep one's last (sleep) 长眠。 sleep out 1. (佣工)睡在自己家里，日作夜妇。 2. 睡过。 3. 露宿。 sleep over 1. 寄宿别人家；不在家过夜。 2. 忽略，不注意。 sleep over one's work [happiness] 沉醉在工作[幸福]中。 sleep rough 在公园[车站等处]过夜。 sleep the clock round 一睡十二个钟头。 sleep the sleep of the just 〔戏谑语〕酣睡，安心睡眠。 sleep with one's fathers 死去。 n. 1.睡眠。 2.长眠，永逝，死。 3.昏迷，麻痹；静止，静寂。 4.【动物；动物学】冬眠，蛰伏；【植物；植物学】(花、叶)夜间闭合。 5.夜。 6.睡意。 短语和例子 He talks in his sleep. 他说梦话。 a dead sleep 熟睡。 the beauty sleep (午夜前入睡的)头觉。 a broken sleep 不眠不夜。 Not ten sleeps have passed since the last of our fighting men returned. 自从我们最后一个战斗员回来至今还不到十天。 be dying with sleep 瞌睡得要死。 fall on sleep 〔古语〕就眠；死。 go to sleep 入睡，睡着〔多用于否定句〕。 last sleep 死，长眠。 lay sb. to sleep 使…入睡；埋葬。 lose sleep 失眠。 put [send] to sleep 哄(孩子)睡；使麻醉；消除。 the sleep that knows not breaking [no waking] 永眠，长逝，死。
euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep" 同义词：rest, eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus,
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn''t get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber" 同义词：slumber,
a torpid state resembling deep sleep 同义词：sopor,
a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn''t time for a nap" 同义词：nap,
be asleep 同义词：kip, slumber, log Z''s, catch some Z''s,
be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people"
Sleep is a naturally recurring state characterized by reduced or absent consciousness, relatively suspended sensory activity, and inactivity of nearly all voluntary muscles.Macmillan Dictionary for Students Macmillan, Pan Ltd.
例句与用法
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Harriet slept at hantfield that night . 那天哈里特在哈特菲尔德过夜。
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You don't mind sleeping in that bed, do you ? 你睡那张床，不在乎吧？
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My spirits exhausted i slept very soundly . 因精神疲惫，我睡得很酣。
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We cannot afford to sleep away our life . 我们可没有时间整天睡大觉。
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They dissipate all night and sleep all day . 他们白天睡觉，整夜鬼混。
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I was very sleepy and went back to sleep . 当时我很瞌睡，又睡觉了。
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The church bells keep me from sleeping . 教堂的钟声吵得我睡不着觉。
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His eyes were bloodshot from lack of sleep . 他因缺少睡眠而两眼通红。
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The continuous din made sleep impossible . 不断的爆炸声使人不得入睡。
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I watched for a while and then went to sleep . 我望了一会儿睡去了。
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