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sleeping

英 ['sliːpɪŋ] 美['slipɪŋ]
  • adj. 睡着的
  • n. 睡眠

英文词源


sleeping (adj.)
c. 1300, past participle adjective from sleep (v.). Sleeping-pill is from 1660s; sleeping-bag is from 1850; sleeping sickness as a specific African tropical disease is first recorded 1875; sleeping has been used since late 14c. for diseases marked by morbid conditions. Sleeping Beauty (1729) is Perrault's La belle au bois dormant.
It is ill wakyng of a sleapyng dogge. [Heywood, 1562]



It is nought good a slepyng hound to wake. [Chaucer, c. 1385]

双语例句


1. On the top floor we have sleeping quarters for women and children.
我们在顶楼有供女人和孩子睡觉的地方。

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2. They had been up all night and were sleeping it off.
他们前一天整夜未眠,所以这时正在补觉。

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3. They are sleeping in the carpenter's shop directly above.
他们正在正上方的木匠铺子里睡觉。

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4. Many are sleeping in the open because they have no shelter.
很多人因为没有栖身之所,只好露宿在外。

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5. It is never a good idea to take sleeping tablets regularly.
频繁服用安眠药绝对不是好办法。

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