| 词汇 | asleep |
| 释义 | asleepUK:*/əˈsliːp/US:/əˈslip/ ,(ə slēp′)UK-RP:UK-Yorkshire:Irish:Scottish:Jamaican: 主要翻译 asleep adj (sleeping)睡着的备注: Not used directly before the noun; before the noun, use "sleeping".Evan didn't hear the announcement because he was asleep.因为埃文当时睡着了，所以没听到通知。usage: ‘asleep’If someone is in this state, you can use the progressive form and say they are sleeping, but it is more common to say that they are asleep. Don't say, for example, ‘He sleeps’. She was asleep when we walked in.I thought someone had been in the house while I was sleeping.To say how long someone was in this state, or to talk about where or how someone usually sleeps, use sleep rather than asleep.She slept for almost ten hours.Where does the baby sleep?Be carefulAsleep is only used after a verb. Don't use it in front of a noun. Don't, for example, say ‘an asleep child’. Instead use sleeping.I glanced down at the sleeping figure.She was carrying a sleeping baby. Don't say that someone is ‘very asleep’ or ‘completely asleep’. Instead say that they are sound asleep or fast asleep.The baby is still sound asleep.You were fast asleep when I left. asleep adj figurative (body part: numb) (身体部位)发麻的，麻木的Joanna's foot was asleep, which caused her to stumble as she stood up.乔安娜的脚麻了，害她站起身时踉跄了一下。 asleep adj figurative (dormant) (火山)休眠的，暂时不活动的； (动植物)休眠的Although the volcano is said to be asleep, the villagers remain wary.虽然据说这是一座休眠火山，村民们还是很惶恐。 asleep adj figurative (not aware) (比喻)没有意识到的；缺乏警惕性的；麻木的The opposing team must have been asleep; they missed so many opportunities to score.对手的队伍很麻木，如在梦中，错失了多个得分机会。 asleep adv figurative (to death, dead) (比喻)长眠的 ， 已死的The dead lie asleep beneath the earth.死者在地下长眠。 复合形式： asleep at the wheel, also US: asleep at the switch adj informal, figurative (not paying attention)心不在焉；走神了I'm sorry; I should have understood what you wanted. I was asleep at the wheel.对不起，我本该明白你想要什么，我当时走神了。 fall asleep vi + adj (go to sleep)入睡，睡着I lay awake in bed, unable to fall asleep.我清醒地躺在床上，难以入睡。 fall asleep vi + adj figurative, informal (be bored)无聊得快睡着This movie is so boring, I'm falling asleep.这部电影太无聊了，我都快要睡着了。 fast asleep adj (sleeping deeply)熟睡的I love being awake when everyone else in the house is fast asleep. half-asleep adj (dopey, not alert)半醒半睡的；快要睡着的；迷迷糊糊的I was half-asleep when you called this morning so I don't remember what you said.Davina made breakfast for the still half-asleep teenagers.你今天早上来电话的时候我半睡半醒，现在记不得你当时说了什么。// 戴维娜为半睡半醒的青少年们做了早餐。 sound asleep adj (sleeping deeply)酣睡的；熟睡的；睡得很沉的When they're sound asleep my kids look like little angels.I thought my sneeze would wake her but she was sound asleep. |
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