sleep

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sleep /sliːp/ (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
They were exhausted from lack of sleep. 他们因睡眠不足而疲惫不堪了。
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
During the drive, the baby slept. 在行驶中那个婴儿睡了。
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
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]
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
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
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
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
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。