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asleep

/uh-sleep/US // əˈslip //UK // (əˈsliːp) //

睡觉,睡眠,睡着了,睡觉的时候

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in or into a state of sleep: He fell asleep quickly.
    • : into a dormant or inactive state; to rest: Their anxieties were put asleep.
    • : into the state of death.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : sleeping: He is asleep.
    • : dormant; inactive.
    • : numb.
    • : dead.

Phrases

  • asleep at the switch
  • fall asleep

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • We fell asleep to the sound of the waves crashing against the breakwall.

  • We allow our smartphones to monitor where we go, what time we fall asleep and even whether we’ve washed our hands for a full 20 seconds.

  • Sometimes, when I am ready to turn in for the night, I will find him asleep in my bed!

  • He has a reputation as being hard to work with, and reportedly falls asleep in meetings that don’t interest him.

  • By the time I came home, they were both asleep and then we would do the same thing over and over again.

  • Dehydrated and feeling weary, Marino lay down beside another migrant under a tree and fell asleep.

  • And he was followed by each one of them until the seventh dwarf looked at his bed and saw Little Snow White lying there asleep.

  • Inside, it seemed hopeless, for every chair in sight was occupied, and a dozen men were asleep on the floor.

  • Sometimes the political people at the White House just appear to be asleep.

  • The girl next to me, an attractive brunette in her 20s, spent much of the first act and most of the second half asleep.

  • The Café tender was asleep in his chair; the porter had gone off; the sentinel alone kept awake on his post.

  • The sun shone and the birds sang, and the day was beautiful without when she at last fell asleep again.

  • Here Badorful rolled over upon his side, and was instantly fast asleep.

  • Upon this he went to bed again, fell asleep, and dreamed a fourth time as before.

  • The child asleep again, he laid it on its bed, and then sat far into the night thinking barrenly.