sleep
英[sliːp]
美[slip]
- vi. 睡，睡觉
- n. 睡眠
- n. (Sleep)人名；(英)斯利普
英英释意
- 1. 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"
- 2. a torpid state resembling sleep
- 3. a period of time spent sleeping;
- "he felt better after a little sleep"
- "there wasn't time for a nap"
- 4. euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb);
- "she was laid to rest beside her husband"
- "they had to put their family pet to sleep"