sleep /sliːp/ CET4 TEM4 ( sleeping, slept, sleeps )

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT Sleep is the natural state of rest in which your eyes are closed, your body is inactive, and your mind does not think. 睡眠; 睡觉

  例：

  They were exhausted from lack of sleep.

  他们因睡眠不足而疲惫不堪了。

  例：

  Be quiet and go to sleep.

  安静，睡觉吧。

• 2. 

  V-I When you sleep, you rest with your eyes closed and your mind and body inactive. 睡着; 睡觉

  例：

  During the drive, the baby slept.

  在行驶中那个婴儿睡了。

  例：

  I've not been able to sleep for the last few nights.

  最近几个晚上我一直无法入睡。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A sleep is a period of sleeping. (一段) 睡眠时间

  例：

  I think he may be ready for a sleep soon.

  我想他可能准备好了马上睡一觉。

• 4. 

  V-T If a building or room sleeps a particular number of people, it has beds for that number of people. 供…住宿 [no cont, no passive]

  例：

  The villa sleeps 10.

  这幢别墅可供10人住宿。

• 5. 

  → see also sleeping

• 6. 

  PHRASE If you cannot get to sleep, you are unable to sleep. 入睡

  例：

  I can't get to sleep with all that singing.

  那样的歌声让我无法入睡。

• 7. 

  PHRASE If you say that you didn't lose any sleep over something, you mean that you did not worry about it at all. 担心

  例：

  I didn't lose too much sleep over that investigation.

  我不太担心那起调查。

• 8. 

  PHRASE If you are trying to make a decision and you say that you will sleep on it, you mean that you will delay making a decision on it until the following day, so you have time to think about it. 把…留待以后解决

  例：

  I need more time to sleep on it. It's a big decision and I want to make the right one.

  我需要更多的时间再考虑一下。这是个重大的决定，我想做出正确的决定。

• 9. 

  PHRASE If a sick or injured animal is put to sleep, it is killed by a vet in a way that does not cause it pain. 使 (有病或受伤的动物) 无痛苦地死去

  例：

  I'm going take the dog down to the vet's and have her put to sleep.

  我打算把这只狗带到兽医那儿，让她无痛苦地死去。