count sheep

短语

数羊(心里计数以求入睡)

发音

AU

词形变化

counted sheep counting sheep counts sheep 三单 counts sheep counting sheep 现在分词 counted sheep 过去式 counted sheep 过去分词

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    To attempt to go to sleep by thinking of something boring, traditionally by counting imaginary sheep.

    数羊

    习语

词源

See count and sheep. Stories of counting sheep to sleep extend back to at least as early as 12th-century Spain and 13th-century Italy from prior Arab stories.

来源:wiktionary