sleeping 睡着 I waited until they were all fast asleep (= sleeping deeply). 我一直等到他们都进入了梦乡。 The baby was sound asleep (= sleeping deeply) upstairs. 婴儿在楼上睡得很香。 He was so exhausted that he fell asleep at his desk. 他太累了，竟伏在书桌上睡着了。 My mother fell asleep at the wheel (= while driving) and crashed into a tree. 我妈妈开车时睡着了，撞到了树上。 She was still half asleep (= not fully awake) when she arrived at work. 她到了上班地点时仍然睡眼惺忪。 The police found him asleep in a garage. 警察发现他在车库里睡着了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- lie
- seem
- …
- deeply
- fast
- sound
- …
Idioms
asleep on the job | asleep at the wheel
(North American English also asleep at the switch)
not paying enough attention to what you need to do 没有充分注意你需要做什么 They were asleep on the job as the financial crisis deepened. 随着金融危机的加深，他们在工作中睡着了。 Let's hope the regulators are not asleep at the wheel. 让我们希望监管者不是在开车时睡着了。 Someone must have been asleep at the switch to alow this to happen. 发生这种事时，一定有人在睡觉。