Sleep

[sliːp] or [slip]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; 'he didn't get enough sleep last night'; 'calm as a child in dreamless slumber'.

(noun.) a torpid state resembling deep sleep.

(noun.) a period of time spent sleeping; 'he felt better after a little sleep'; 'there wasn't time for a nap'.

(verb.) be asleep.

(verb.) be able to accommodate for sleeping; 'This tent sleeps six people'.

杜安整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(-) imp. of Sleep. Slept.

(v. i.) To take rest by a suspension of the voluntary exercise of the powers of the body and mind, and an apathy of the organs of sense; to slumber.

(v. i.) To be careless, inattentive, or uncouncerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.

(v. i.) To be dead; to lie in the grave.

(v. i.) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant; as, a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps.

(v. t.) To be slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep.

(v. t.) To give sleep to; to furnish with accomodations for sleeping; to lodge.

(v. i.) A natural and healthy, but temporary and periodical, suspension of the functions of the organs of sense, as well as of those of the voluntary and rational soul; that state of the animal in which there is a lessened acuteness of sensory perception, a confusion of ideas, and a loss of mental control, followed by a more or less unconscious state.

亚历山大校對

同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. Slumber, doze, drowse, nap, repose, fall asleep, drop asleep, take a nap, take a SIESTA.

n. Slumber, repose, rest.

阿尔玛編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Slumber, doze, drowse, snooze, repose

ANT:Be_awake

手打:威利

解釋/意思:

v.i. to take rest by relaxation: to become unconscious: to slumber: to rest: to be motionless or inactive: to remain unnoticed: to live thoughtlessly: to be dead: to rest in the grave:—pa.t. and pa.p. slept.—n. the state of one who or that which sleeps: slumber: rest: the dormancy of some animals during winter: (bot.) nyctitropism.—n. Sleep′er one who sleeps: a horizontal timber supporting a weight rails &c.—adv. Sleep′ily.—n. Sleep′iness.—p.adj. Sleep′ing occupied with or for sleeping: dormant.—n. the state of resting in sleep: (Shak.) the state of being at rest or in abeyance.—ns. Sleep′ing-car -carriage a railway-carriage in which passengers have berths for sleeping in; Sleep′ing-draught a drink given to bring on sleep; Sleep′ing-part′ner (see Partner).—adj. Sleep′less without sleep: unable to sleep.—adv. Sleep′lessly.—ns. Sleep′lessness; Sleep′-walk′er one who walks while asleep: a somnambulist; Sleep′-walking.—adj. Sleep′y inclined to sleep: drowsy: dull: lazy.—n. Sleep′yhead a lazy person.—On sleep (B.) asleep.

弗朗西丝編輯