“睡眠”知多少？（第一部分）

人一生中有三分之一的時(shí)間是在睡眠中度過，可見“睡眠”的重要性。我們來看看各種不同的“睡眠”在英語(yǔ)中怎么表達(dá)。

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1. 最常見的表示“睡眠”的英語(yǔ)單詞，自然是：sleep

例：

Most people sleep for about eight hours.（大多數(shù)人一天要睡8小時(shí)。）

He slept downstairs.（他睡在樓下。）

Did you sleep well?（你睡得好嗎？）

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2. 小睡、瞌睡：

① take a nap: to sleep for a short time during the day 白天小睡一會(huì)兒

備注：美式英語(yǔ)常用''take a nap''，英式英語(yǔ)常用''have a nap''。

例：

I think I'll have a nap.（我覺得我得咪一會(huì)兒。）

She had been awake all night and was looking forward to taking a nap.（她一夜沒睡，現(xiàn)在很想小睡一會(huì)兒。）

補(bǔ)充：''nap''的其他搭配：

She has her afternoon nap at about two.（她大約2:00午休。）

Helen put the baby down for a nap after lunch.（午飯后，海倫讓孩子去睡午覺。）

You can always tell when it's a baby's nap time because they start getting irritable.（你完全可以看出嬰兒什么時(shí)候該睡覺，因?yàn)槔У臅r(shí)候他們會(huì)很煩躁。）

A short nap may make you feel better.（小睡一會(huì)兒會(huì)好點(diǎn)。）（備注：這里也可以用''a little nap''。）

I’d like to have a brief nap in the afternoon.（我想午休一小會(huì)。）（備注：這里也可以用''a quick nap''。）

Try taking a power nap before the meeting.（開會(huì)前睡會(huì)覺充充電吧！）（備注：a power nap=a short sleep at work, that gives you more energy and concentration）

I envied her ability to take catnaps at any time of the day.（她白天任何時(shí)候都是想睡就能睡著，我很羨慕這點(diǎn)。）（備注：a catnap=a very short sleep）

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② have/catch forty winks：小睡一會(huì)兒

備注：''wink''的本意是“一眨眼、極短的時(shí)間”，如：表達(dá)“一夜未曾睡”，可以說''I didn't get a wink of sleep last night.''。這個(gè)詞組較口語(yǔ)化。

例：

I had time to catch forty winks before the flight.（在上飛機(jī)之前，我還有時(shí)間小睡一會(huì)兒。）

I'm just going to have forty winks.（我正要去小睡一會(huì)兒。）

I felt a lot better after I had had forty winks.（睡了一小會(huì)，我感覺好多了。）

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③ have/take a snooze: to sleep for a short time, especially in a chair, not in a bed打盹兒（經(jīng)常在椅子上而不在床上）

備注：這個(gè)詞組較口語(yǔ)化。

例：

I think I'll have a quick snooze.（我覺得我得打個(gè)盹兒。）

I had a snooze and missed the end of the movie.（我只打了個(gè)盹兒，就錯(cuò)過了電影的結(jié)尾。）

He decided to have a snooze on the sofa while he was waiting for the others to get ready.（在等其他人各就各位的間隙，他決定在沙發(fā)上打個(gè)盹兒。）

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④ doze: to sleep lightly, for example in a chair, and be easily woken打盹兒、瞌睡（經(jīng)常在椅子上而不在床上）

例：

I wasn't really asleep - I was just dozing.（我并沒真正睡著，只是打了個(gè)盹兒。）

I must have dozed off halfway through the film.（我電影看到一半肯定睡著了。）

Edward was so tired he dozed off on the sofa.（愛德華太累了，在沙發(fā)上打起盹兒來。）

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