sleep
n. 睡眠, 静止, 昏迷, 麻木, 长眠, 冬眠 vi. 睡觉, 睡眠, 静止 vt. 睡
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教材释义与例句
睡眠
the natural state of resting your mind and body, usually at night
睡，睡觉
to rest your mind and body, usually at night when you are lying in bed with your eyes closed
释义与例句
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1.
The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.
睡眠
睡觉
困
𰥛
睡目
困眠
不可数 可数I really need some sleep.
We need to conduct an overnight sleep test to diagnose your sleep problem.
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2.
An act or instance of sleeping.
可数 非正式 不可数I’m just going to have a quick sleep.
a sound night’s sleep
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3.
A night.
可数 非正式 不可数There are only three sleeps till Christmas!
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4.
Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).
眼屎
眵
目屎
目屎膏
不可数 可数The part of the eyelid that is the location of the lacrimal caruncle, which produces rheum or "sleep," the gritty substance often present when awakening.
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A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves.
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The hibernation of animals.
可数 不可数
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1.
To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
困觉
睡觉
眠
睡眠
睡瞌睡
困
𰥛
𰥛觉
睡目
目䁒
不及物You should sleep eight hours a day.
We sleep in the bedroom.
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2.
To have sexual intercourse (see sleep with).
委婉 习语Last night we slept together for the first time.
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3.
To accommodate in beds.
及物This caravan can sleep four people comfortably.
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To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
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To be dead.
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To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant.
不及物a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps
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To wait for a period of time without performing any action.
不及物 计算机 工程 数学After a failed connection attempt, the program sleeps for 5 seconds before trying again.
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To place into a state of hibernation.
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To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
不及物 工程When a top is sleeping, it is spinning but not precessing.
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To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
及物 工程
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From Middle English slepe, sleep, sleepe, from Old English slǣp (“sleep”), from Proto-West Germanic *slāp, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaz (“sleep”). Cognates Cognate with Yola slepe (“sleep”), Saterland Frisian Släip (“sleep”), West Frisian sliep (“sleep”), Dutch slaap (“sleep”), German Schlaf (“sleep”), Luxembourgish Schlof (“sleep”), Vilamovian šłȫf, śłöf (“sleep”), Yiddish שלאָף (shlof, “sleep”), Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌴𐍀𐍃 (slēps, “sleep”).
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