sleeper
睡眠者,睡觉的人,卧铺,卧底
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- : a person or thing that sleeps.
- : a heavy horizontal timber for distributing loads.
- : Building Trades. any long wooden, metal, or stone piece lying horizontally as a sill or footing.any of a number of wooden pieces, laid upon the ground or upon masonry or concrete, to which floorboards are nailed.
- : a sleeping car.
- : Informal. something or someone that becomes unexpectedly successful or important after a period of being unnoticed, ignored, or considered unpromising or a failure: The play was the sleeper of the season.
- : merchandise that is not quickly sold because its value is not immediately recognized.
- : Often sleepers. one-piece or two-piece pajamas with feet, especially for children.
- : bunting.
- : a sofa, chair, or other piece of furniture that is designed to open up or unfold into a bed; convertible.
- : Also called sleep, sand. a globule that forms at the inner corner of the eye, especially during sleep, from the accumulated secretion of the glands of the eyelid.
- : any of several gobioid fishes of the family Eleotridae, of tropical seas, most species of which have the habit of resting quietly on the bottom.
- : Slang. a spy; mole.
- : Slang. a juvenile delinquent sentenced to serve more than nine months.
- : Bowling. a pin that is hidden from view by another pin.
- : Chiefly British. a timber or beam laid in a railroad track, serving as a foundation or support for the rails; tie.
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If you’re a cold sleeper, many fabric options will keep you nice and toasty.
It’s easier to break in but it’s not great for stomach sleepers, who typically need a firmer surface.
Tencel, in particular, is moisture-wicking, which will aid sweaty sleepers.
It’s also fairly soft, so even stomach sleepers can prop it under their heads.
Montana is also a potential sleeper for the Democrats, and its turnout is currently 91 percent of its entire 2016 turnout.
Hollywood might possibly fear North Korean sleeper cells capable of blowing up theaters that screen anti-Nork films.
But faced with a sleeper hit, HBO shockingly did not quite feel the same way.
Sam Brownback—The Kansas Governor might be the sleeper in this race to crazy.
An accidental polyphasic sleeper, Bartiromo rests in naps rather than eight-hour chunks like the rest of us.
One night late that summer they put him aboard the sleeper for Winnipeg, and when he got off he asked for the Marlborough Hotel.
On his return he introduced them on the Midland, both the parlour car and the sleeper.
Woman—Thou beest a sound sleeper—Wake up, and see to thy bairn, and I will gie thee both a good breakfast.
His words mingled in my dazed mind with the sighs of the troubled sleeper and the crying of the wind about the tent.
Recovering from his fit of abstraction, Pyne, casting a final keen glance at the sleeper, walked out of the room.
With a look of intense loathing the queen bent down and laid her head on the sleeper's breast.