asleep

单词音标

asleep音标[ә\'sli:p]

汉语翻译

a. 睡着的, 长眠的, 麻木的

ad. 熟睡地

【医】 睡熟的; 发呆, 不活泼

相关词组:

to fall asleep

to drop asleep

to lie asleep

be fast asleep

be asleep at the switch

词意辨析

sleepy, asleep

这两个形容词均含有“欲睡的”之意。

sleepy: *常用词，指人昏昏欲睡，或沉睡时的寂静状态。

asleep: 作表语，多用于非正式的英语里，指处于睡着的状态，侧重动作的结果。

英语解释

形容词 asleep:

in a state of sleep

lacking sensation

同义词：benumbed, numb

dead

同义词：at peace, at rest, deceased, departed, gone

副词 asleep:

into a sleeping state

in the sleep of death

例句

He soon fell asleep with weariness.

他疲倦地很快就睡着了。

Some people grind their teeth while they are asleep.

有些人睡觉时磨牙齿。

The lion lay asleep in its den.

狮子躺在洞里睡觉。

The witch put the princess under a spell, and she fell asleep for ten years.

这女巫使公主中了巫术，沉睡了十年。

Her husband was sound asleep.

她丈夫睡得很熟。

详细解释

a.sleep

adj.（形容词）

In a state of sleep; sleeping.

睡着的：处在睡的状态的；正睡着

Inactive; dormant.

不活跃的；休眠的

Indifferent:

冷淡的：

例句：

politicians who are asleep to the needs of their constituents.

对选民的需要漠不关心的*客

Numb:

麻木的：

例句：

My leg is asleep.

我的腿麻木了

Dead.

已死的

adv.（副词）

In or into a state of sleep.

睡着的：处于或进入睡眠状态

In or into a state of apathy or indifference.

处于或进入麻木不仁或漠不关心的状态

Into the sleep of the dead.

长眠