Rotating 16 birds through the positions in a four-duck row, the researchers found outer birds half-asleep during some 32 percent of dozing time versus about 12 percent for birds in internal spots.
研究人员把16只鸟按顺序4只排成一排，发现外面的鸟在32%的时间里处于半睡眠状态，而内部的鸟只有12%的时间处于半睡眠状态。
The old man's cough grew better and he sat in the sun by the southern wall of the house, always half-asleep and warm and content.
老人的咳嗽好多了，成天半醒半睡地坐在南墙根儿晒太阳，暖洋洋的，心满意足。
That could explain why our sleep-deprived selves are so cognitively challenged: We are, if not precisely half-asleep, partially asleep.
这解释了为什么我们缺少睡眠时，认知能力会下降：这时的我们即使不是半睡状态，也是部分睡眠。
Presently, while half asleep and half awake, he murmured, "Sir William!"
过了一会儿，他半睡半醒地低声说：“威廉爵士！”
The fisherman was half asleep, but the thought frightened him so much that he started and fell out of bed.
渔夫已经半睡半醒了，但这个想法把他吓一跳，他从床上摔了下来。
Birds that are literally half asleep—with one brain hemisphere alert and the other sleeping—control which side of the brain remains awake, according to a new study of sleeping ducks.
根据一项关于睡觉的鸭子的新研究来看，半睡半醒的鸟儿——大脑的一个半球处于警觉状态，另一个半球处于睡眠状态——控制着大脑的哪一边保持清醒。
This they claim accounts for the feeling of being "half asleep" which causes forgetfulness and small errors such as misplacing keys or putting the milk in the cupboard or the cereal in the fridge.
研究人员公布的这项研究旨在说明存在“半睡眠”状态。处于该状态下，会引起遗忘和出现众多微小错误，如放错钥匙位置，把牛奶放入碗橱内，把谷类放进冰箱。
You're not alone. More than half of IT workers say they've fallen asleep at work, according to a new online survey.
并非只你自己如此，根据一项在线调查，半数it工人承认在工作期间睡觉。
Sophie, who was not much more than half Angel's age now joined us, having been asleep in the dormitory.
刚才在客房睡觉的索菲也来了，她还不到安琪一半的年纪。
And while I was, half-consciously, worrying my brain to guess what Jabez Branderham would make of his subject, I sank back in bed, and fell asleep.
脑子里急于想知道杰贝兹·布拉德汗姆会说什么的时候，我倒在床上睡着了。
I said his heaven would be only half alive; and he said mine would be drunk: I said I should fall asleep in his; and he said he could not breathe in mine, and began to grow very snappish.
我说他的天堂是半死不活的；他说我的天堂是发酒疯；我说我在他的天堂里一定要睡着的；他说他在我的天堂里就要喘不过气来，于是他开始变得非常暴躁。
Although half asleep, I force myself to jump out of bed and try to awaken from sleep.
虽然还没有完全睡醒，但我强迫自己下床，努力把自己从梦乡里拽出来。
He was even more startled, night after night, to hear them walk down to the river slowly, half asleep, and bathe in the water.
更令他惊奇的是，夜复一夜，他都听见他们半睡半醒地缓步走向河边，趟到河里洗起澡来。
To get children in such half asleep condition photographer tries to make the studio as warm and welcoming as she can, and moms fed babies right before the shooting.
为了让这些婴儿进入这么些个半睡着的姿态，摄影师煞费苦心，把工作室打理得温暖惬意，拍摄前婴儿妈妈们还得喂次奶。
Most people are not aware that caffeine has a half life of up to eight hours and can affect not only your ability to fall asleep, but also the quality of sleep you are getting.
大多数人都不知道，咖啡因有一个长达八小时的半衰期，不仅会影响你的入睡能力，而且还会影响你的睡眠质量。
Still half asleep, I reminded him that I had taken his wife's inflamed appendix out a couple of years before.
在半睡半醒中，我记起了这个人——几年前我曾经帮他妻子做过一次阑尾炎手术。
Even though a nightcap may help you relax and fall asleep faster, it'll make the second half of your sleep cycle restless and unsatisfying.
睡前喝酒或许会帮你身心放松，更快入睡，但也会让你在睡眠周期的后半程感到焦躁不安，睡眠质量难以令人满意。
How does one describe the experience of reverie: one is awake, but half asleep, thinking, but not in an instrumental, calculative or ordered way, simply letting the thoughts happen, as they will.
我们要怎么形容这种遐想呢？一个人半睡半醒着，漫无目的的思考，毫无理性缜密可言。
Upon waking, stay up for anywhere from half an hour to an hour, and then try to fall back asleep while remaining conscious of what's going on and thinking about your next dream.
醒了之后，不管啥时候醒的，等半小时一小时的，然后试着保持着意识进入梦乡，想着你的下一个梦。
Even Michael, already half asleep, knew that she was perturbed, and he asked, "Can anything harm us, mother, after the night - lights are lit?"
迈克尔已经半睡了，就连他也知道妈妈放心不下，他问：“妈妈，点着了夜灯，还有什么东西能伤害我们吗？”
You don't have to actually fall asleep to nap – it's enough to drift off to a half-sleep state
小憩并不意味你要完全进入沉睡状态——进入一种半睡眠状态就足够了；
She is the ideal of more than half of men and women on earth, and I was the one allowed to fall asleep next to her and to hug her shoulders.
她是全世界公认超过一半男人和女人心中的向往，而我，是那个被允许可以睡在她身边和拥抱她肩膀的人。
No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of our knowledge.
没有人能够向你昭示什么，除了在我们知识的拂晓里半睡半醒的冥思。
Dragging my weary body and half asleep mind, it was no easy feat, I prayed to God for strength that I could be full of life and excitement to lead everyone to rejoice together!
拖着疲惫的身躯和半清醒的头脑，这不是很容易的一件事，我求神给我力量，能充满活力与兴奋的带领大家同欢乐！
Well, this guy fell asleep on the sofa and when he woke up, half his face had been bitten off!
呃，这个人在沙发上睡着了，他醒来的时候，他的半边脸已经被咬掉了。
Well, this guy fell asleep on the sofa and when he woke up, half his face had been bitten off!
呃，这个人在沙发上睡着了，他醒来的时候，他的半边脸已经被咬掉了。
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