sleep

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm. uncountable
    — I really need some sleep.
  2. An act or instance of sleeping. countable,informal
    — I’m just going to have a quick sleep.
  3. A night. countable,informal,metonymically,uncountable
    — There are only three sleeps till Christmas!
  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). uncountable
    — When she had rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and wept till she was tired, she set out on her way and walked for many, many a day, till she at last came to a big mountain.
  5. 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. countable,uncountable
    — The daily sleep of plants, and their winter sleep, present in this respect exactly similar phenomena[…]
  6. The hibernation of animals. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To rest in a state of reduced consciousness. intransitive
    — You should sleep eight hours a day.
  2. To have sexual intercourse (see sleep with). euphemistic,idiomatic
    — Last night we slept together for the first time.
  3. To accommodate in beds. transitive
    — This caravan can sleep four people comfortably.
  4. To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly. idiomatic,intransitive
    — We ſleep over our Happineſs, Great as it is, and want to be rous'd into a quick and thankful ſenſe of it, either by an actual Change of Circumſtances, or by a Compariſon of our Own caſe with that of other Men.
  5. To be dead. euphemistic,idiomatic,intransitive
    — For if we beleeue that Ieſus died, and roſe againe: euen ſo them alſo which ſleepe in Ieſus, will God bring with him.
  6. To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant. intransitive
    — a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps
  7. To wait for a period of time without performing any action. intransitive
    — After a failed connection attempt, the program sleeps for 5 seconds before trying again.
  8. To place into a state of hibernation. transitive
    — Even when you have reasons not to sleep the computer, it's still a good idea to sleep the display after a period of time.
  9. To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion. intransitive
    — When a top is sleeping, it is spinning but not precessing.
  10. To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion. transitive
    — Yo-yo tricks involving sleeping the yo-yo (like "walking the dog" and "rocking the baby") cannot be performed in space.

词形变化

sleeps present,singular,third-person sleeping participle,present slept participle,past slept past no-table-tags table-tags glossary inflection-template sleep infinitive sleep first-person,present,singular slept first-person,past,singular sleep present,second-person,singular sleepest archaic,present,second-person,singular slept past,second-person,singular sleptst archaic,past,second-person,singular sleptest archaic,past,second-person,singular sleeps present,singular,third-person sleepeth archaic,present,singular,third-person slept past,singular,third-person sleep plural,present slept past,plural sleep present,subjunctive slept past,subjunctive sleep imperative,present - imperative,past sleeping participle,present slept participle,past sleepe alternative,obsolete sleeps plural sleepe alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

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besleep coldsleep cosleep does Dolly Parton sleep on her back forsleep how can you sleep at night how do you sleep at night hypersleep non-24-hour sleep-wake disorder outsleep oversleep sleepable sleep around sleep-at-noon sleep a wink sleep easy sleep-eat sleepeat sleeper sleep flower sleep-fuck sleep funny sleep in sleeping bag Sleeping Beauty sleeping pill sleep in heavenly peace sleep in with sleepiphany sleep it off sleep it out sleep like a baby sleep like a dog sleep like a log sleep like a mouse sleep like a rock sleep like a top sleep off sleep on sleep one off sleep out sleep over sleep rough sleep together sleep under the same bridge sleepwalk sleep well sleep with sleep with one eye open sleep with one's fathers sleep with the fishes sleepwort undersleep whatever helps you sleep at night sleep divorce unsleep ageless sleep antisleep asleep autosleep beauty sleep big sleep biphasic sleep broken sleep cold sleep cry oneself to sleep cryosleep dead sleep deep sleep delayed sleep phase disorder divided sleep dogsleep dog sleep druidic sleep electrosleep eternal sleep first sleep fox sleep fox's sleep good night's sleep go to sleep halfsleep hybrid sleep lack of sleep lose sleep microsleep midsleep morning sleep next sleep nonsleep no sleep for the wicked one could do it in one's sleep on sleep orthodox sleep paradoxical sleep polyphasic sleep postsleep presleep put to sleep REM sleep scare-sleep second sleep segmented sleep sleepage sleepaholic sleep aid sleep apnea sleep apnoea sleep black sleepbound sleep camel sleepcation sleep-charged sleep debt sleep dep sleep deprivation sleep-deprived sleep diaper sleep disorder sleepdriving sleep-drunk sleepeater sleepful sleep hygiene sleepies sleep-in sleepish sleep-learning sleepless sleeplike sleep machine sleepmarch sleep mask sleep mode sleep nappy sleepness sleep of the just sleepover sleep paralysis sleep pressure sleep-proof sleep regression sleepsack sleep schedule sleepshirt sleep shorts sleep-shorts sleep spindle sleep start sleepsuit sleep talk sleeptalk sleeptalker sleep terror sleep tight sleeptime sleep twitch sleepwaker sleepwaking sleepwalker sleepward sleepwear sleepwise sleepwrite sleepy soul sleep treacle sleep twilight sleep wake-sleep algorithm yen sleep

词源

词源 1
From Middle English slepen, from Anglian Old English slēpan (West Saxon Old English slǣpan), from Proto-West Germanic *slāpan, from Proto-Germanic *slēpaną (“to sleep”).
Cognates
Cognate with North Frisian sleepe, sliap, sliip, släipe (“to sleep”), Saterland Frisian släipe (“to sleep”), West Frisian sliepe (“to sleep”), Alemannic German schlaaffe, schlaafä, schlafe, schloafe, schloafen, schlofe, schlàfu (“to sleep”), Bavarian schlofn, schlåfn, sghlofn (“to sleep”), Central Franconian schlofe (“to sleep”), Cimbrian slaafan, slafan, slavan (“to sleep”), Dutch and Low German slapen (“to sleep”), German schlafen (“to sleep”), Limburgish schloëpe, slaope (“to sleep”), Luxembourgish schlofen (“to sleep”), Mòcheno schloven (“to sleep”), Vilamovian šłȫfa, śłöfa (“to sleep”), Yiddish שלאָפֿן (shlofn, “to sleep”), Crimean Gothic schlipen (“to sleep”), Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌴𐍀𐌰𐌽 (slēpan, “to sleep”).
词源 2
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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