sleep
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they sleep | |
| he / she / it sleeps | |
| past simple slept | |
| past participle slept | |
| -ing form sleeping |
- [intransitive]
to rest with your eyes closed and your mind and body not active 睡；睡觉；入睡 Let her sleep—it'll do her good. 让她睡吧，这对她有好处。 - + adv./prep.
to sleep well 睡着舒服 to sleep deeply/soundly/peacefully/badly 酣睡/酣睡/平静/睡不好 I couldn't sleep because of the noise. 嘈杂声吵得我睡不着。 I can't sleep at night and I'm stressed all the time. 晚上睡不着，一直压力很大。 It was nice to sleep in my own bed again. 再次睡在自己的床上真好。 They now sleep in separate rooms. 他们现在睡在不同的房间里。 He told me I could sleep on the floor at his place. 他告诉我我可以睡在他家的地板上。 I had to sleep on the sofa. 我只得睡在沙发上。 He slept solidly for ten hours. 他整整睡了十个小时。 I slept at my sister's house last night (= stayed the night there). 昨晚我住在妹妹家了。 We both slept right through (= were not woken up by) the storm. 我们两人睡得很沉，浑然不知有暴风雨。 She only sleeps for four hours a night. 她每天晚上只睡四个小时。 We sometimes sleep late at the weekends (= until late in the morning). 周末我们有时候睡懒觉。 I put the sleeping baby down gently. 我把睡着的宝宝轻轻放下。 What are our sleeping arrangements here (= where shall we sleep)? 我们在这儿睡觉是怎么安排的？
Synonyms sleepsleep- doze
- nap
- snooze
- sleep to rest with your eyes shut and your mind and body not active:
Did you sleep well? 你睡得好吗？ I couldn’t sleep last night. 我昨天晚上睡不着。
- doze to sleep lightly, waking up easily, often when you are not in bed:
He was dozing in front of the TV. 他在电视机前打瞌睡。
- nap
to sleep for a short time, especially during the day. 尤指日间的小睡、打盹儿 - snooze (informal
) to sleep lightly for a short time, especially during the day and usually not in bed: 尤指日间的小睡、打盹儿，通常不是躺在床上： My brother was snoozing on the sofa. 我弟弟正在沙发上打盹儿。
- to sleep/doze lightly/fitfully
- to doze/snooze gently
Extra ExamplesDid you sleep well last night? 你昨晚睡得可好？ No, I slept pretty badly. 不，我睡得很不好。 He was exhausted and slept deeply. 他筋疲力尽，睡得很沉。 I had to sleep on my back for the first few days after the accident. 事故后的头几天，我只能仰着睡。 I haven't slept properly for weeks. 我好几个星期都没睡好。 I've been having trouble sleeping lately. 最近我一直很难入睡。 She always slept very lightly so I had to be careful not to wake her. 她睡眠总是很轻，所以我得小心别吵醒她。 She felt as if she had hardly slept. 她觉得自己好像没睡过觉。 She scolded him for sleeping so long. 她训斥他竟然睡了这么久。 The children were all sleeping soundly. 孩子们都睡得正酣。 Very few babies sleep through the night. 很少有婴儿能一觉睡到天亮。 We slept overnight at the beach. 我们在海滩上住了一晚。 When the murderer is caught we can all sleep easier in our beds at night. 等到杀人犯被抓时，我们晚上都可以睡得更安心。 Be quiet—I'm trying to sleep! 安静——我要睡觉了！ He lay there for hours, sleeping fitfully. 他在那里躺了几个小时，断断续续地睡觉。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- properly
- soundly
- well
- …
- be unable to
- cannot
- try to
- …
- for
- through
- with
- …
- have trouble sleeping
- not sleep a wink
- sleep like a baby
- …
- [transitive, no passive] sleep somebody
to have enough beds for a particular number of people 可供…人睡觉；可供…人住宿
Word OriginOld English slēp, slǣp (noun), slēpan, slǣpan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch slapen and German schlafen.
Idioms
breathe/rest/sleep easy
to relax and stop worrying 不大为某事操心 You can rest easy—I'm not going to tell anyone. 你尽管放心，我不会告诉任何人的。 I can sleep easy knowing that she's safely home. 知道她平安到家，我可以睡个好觉。
let sleeping dogs lie
- (saying)
to avoid mentioning a subject or something that happened in the past, in order to avoid any problems or arguments 过去的事就不要再提了；不要没事找事
live/sleep rough
- (British English)
to live or sleep outdoors, usually because you have no home and no money 风餐露宿（通常因为无家可归或贫穷） young people sleeping rough on the streets 露宿街头的年轻人
not get/have a wink of sleep | not sleep a wink
sleep/breathe/rest easy
to relax and stop worrying 不大为某事操心 I can sleep easy knowing that she's safely home. 知道她平安到家，我可以睡个好觉。
sleep like a log/baby
- (informal)
to sleep very well 沉睡；酣睡 He was so tired after all his exertions, he slept like a baby. 一番辛苦后他累极了，睡得像婴儿一样沉。 I usually sleep like a log. 我通常睡得很沉。
sleep tight