| 词汇 | sleep |
| 释义 | IDIOMSLANG SLEEP catch forty winks and catch some Zs; take forty winks to take a nap; to get some sleep.I'll just catch forty winks before getting ready for the party.Tom always tries to catch some Zs before going out for a late evening.I think I'll go to bed and take forty winks. See you in the morning.Why don't you go take forty winks and call me in about an hour? conk out to pass out; to go to sleep. (Slang.)Bob bumped his head on a tree branch and conked out.I usually conk out just after the late news at midnight. drop off (to sleep) to go to sleep without difficulty; to fall asleep.I sat in the warm room for five minutes, and then I dropped off to sleep.After I've eaten dinner, I can drop off with no trouble at all. fall asleep to go to sleep.The baby cried and cried and finally fell asleep.Tom fell asleep in class yesterday. go to bed with the chickens to go to bed at sundown; to go to bed very early (when the chickens do).Of course I get enough sleep. I go to bed with the chickens.Mr. Brown goes to bed with the chickens and gets up with them, too. hit the hay and hit the sack to go to bed and get some sleep. (Slang.)Look at the clock. It’s time to hit the hay.I like to hit the sack before midnight. land of Nod sleep. (Humorous. From the fact that people sometimes nod when they are falling asleep.)The baby is in the land of Nod.Look at the clock! It’s time we were all in the land of Nod. nod off to fall asleep. (Informal.)Jack nodded off during the minister's sermon.Father always nods off after Sunday lunch. put someone or something to sleep to cause someone or something to sleep, perhaps through drugs or anesthesia.The doctor put the patient to sleep before the operation.I put the cat to sleep by stroking its tummy. sack out to go to bed; to go to sleep. (Slang.)Look at the clock. It’s time to sack out.John sacks out at about nine o'clock. sleep in to oversleep; to sleep late in the morning.If you sleep in again, you’ll get fired.I really felt like sleeping in this morning. sleep like a log to sleep very soundly.Nothing can wake me up. I usually sleep like a log.Everyone in our family sleeps like a log, so no one heard the fire engines in the middle of the night. turn in to go to bed.It’s late. I think I'll turn in.We usually turn in at about midnight. SLEEP - LACKING not sleep a wink not to sleep at all. (Informal.)I couldn't sleep a wink last night.Ann hasn't been able to sleep a wink for a week. sleep 1. noun 1 a prison sentence of one year US, 1949. 2 cocaine. Rich irony; if you do, you won't US, 1987 2. verb ► sleep with someoneto have sex with someone UK, 1819.► sleep with the fishesto be dead as a result of a murder US, 1972 sleep around sleep around informal to have sex with a lot of different people without having a serious relationship with any of them: I don't sleep around any more, not since I met Jack. A guy who's spent his youth sleeping around isn't going to find it easy to settle down to married life.■ SIMILAR TO: screw around spoken informal sleep in sleep in to sleep later than usual in the morning, especially because you do not have to go to work or school: We usually sleep in on Sunday mornings.■ SIMILAR TO: lie in sleep off sleep sth off • sleep off sth to sleep until you do not feel ill any more, especially after drinking too much alcohol: I suppose they're sleeping off the effects of last night's party.sleep it off The old girl's had a drink too many. Leave her there and let her sleep it off. sleep on sleep on sth to delay making a decision about something until the next day or latersleep on it There's no hurry. I'm going to sleep on it, and tomorrow I'll decide what to do. sleep out sleep out to sleep outside: We used to sleep out under the stars on warm summer nights. sleep over sleep over informal to sleep at someone else's house for a night: Is it okay if I sleep over at Jim's place tonight? If you don't want to drive home, you're welcome to sleep over.■ SIMILAR TO: stay oversleep-over n C a party at which children or young people stay the night at someone's house: One night Mary Jo went to a sleep-over at a friend's house. sleep through sleep through sth to continue sleeping while something is happening and not be woken by it: How did you manage to sleep through all the noise? I don't remember much about the play - I must have slept through most of it. sleep together sleep together if two people are sleeping together, they are having a sexual relationship with each other: When did you find out that Betty and your husband were sleeping together? After their baby was born, she and Jonathan stopped sleeping together.■ SIMILAR TO: have sex sleep with sleep with sb not passive to have sex with someone: I'm not going to tell you how many women I've slept with.■ SIMILAR TO: have sex with
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