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oversleep

/oh-ver-sleep/US // ˌoʊ vərˈslip //UK // (ˌəʊvəˈsliːp) //

睡过头了,睡过头,睡过了头,睡眠不足

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    o·ver·slept, o·ver·sleep·ing.

    • : to sleep beyond the proper or intended time of waking: He overslept and missed his train.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    o·ver·slept, o·ver·sleep·ing.

    • : to sleep beyond: She had overslept her usual time of arising.
    • : to let sleep past the hour of arising: Of all mornings to oversleep myself!

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • You can freeze these packs ahead for those days when everyone oversleeps and needs to fuel up fast.

  • Falling behind in school, he’d often stay up late to study, then oversleep the next day.

  • One, it removes any conscious or subconscious fear that you’ll oversleep.

  • On the days I went to school, I would oversleep for work and come late.

  • There is always the possibility that they may oversleep themselves and fall into a dormant and inactive state.

  • Above all, you must not let me oversleep myself, for otherwise I shall be late in arriving at Granada.

  • Daisy Bell had half a mind to let her oversleep and lose a mark, then she really did love her too well.

  • I had slept little the previous night, and was afraid that I might oversleep myself in consequence.

  • That worthy individual did not oversleep himself, nor did he suffer the Jew to do so either.