上一講
主要講了“入眠”在英語中怎么表達。緊接上一講,我們來看看英語中還有哪些跟“睡眠”相關(guān)的表達。
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1. 表示“睡著”,常用:be asleep
例:
''Are you asleep?''? ''No, I'm awake.''(-你睡著了嗎? -沒,醒著呢。)
The baby's asleep - don't wake her.(孩子睡著了,別吵醒她。)
He tries to clean up the house while the
kids are asleep.(他想趁著孩子們在睡,把房子好好打掃一下。)
He was still asleep at noon.(到了中午,他還在睡。)
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2. 表示“熟睡”,常用:
① fast/sound asleep: sleep deeply
例:
He was fast asleep by the time I got home.(我到家時,他已經(jīng)睡得很熟了。)
It was late at night and everyone was fast
asleep.(夜已深,大家都已熟睡。)
One moment she was sound asleep, the next
she was wide awake!(她本來還在熟睡,一下就完全醒了?。?/span>
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② out for the count:
例:
Two minutes after getting into bed, I was
out for the count.(我睡下后兩分鐘,就睡得很熟了。)
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③ sleep like a baby/log:
備注:''log''的原意是“木頭”。
例:
After a long day of skiing, I slept like a
baby last night.(滑了一整天雪,我昨晚睡得很好。)
I was exhausted and slept like a log.(我累壞了,是以睡死過去。)
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④ sleep through (something): to
sleep without being awakened by (something, such as a loud noise) 熟睡,沒被(噪聲等)吵醒
例:
She slept right through the thunderstorm.(她沒被暴風雨吵醒。)
How did you manage to sleep through the
thunderstorm?(雷電交加你怎么能睡著?)
I can't believe I slept through my alarm!(竟然鬧鐘都沒吵醒我,難以置信啊?。?/span>
At least the baby is sleeping through the
night.(至少孩子一夜睡了個整覺。)(備注:sleep through the night= to sleep continuously during the whole night)
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⑤ sleep tight: used especially to
children before they go to bed, to say that you hope they sleep well 睡個好覺!
備注:這句話一般用在口語中。
例:
Good night, kids. Sleep tight. (晚安,孩子們,睡個好覺?。?/span>
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3. 表示“醒來,但還沒完全清醒”,常用:half asleep
例:
Still half asleep, Jenny began to make the
kids' breakfast.(珍妮還沒完全睡醒,就開始給孩子們做早飯。)
We were still half asleep when we went to
school the next morning.(第二天上學的時候,我們還迷迷糊糊的。)
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4. 表示“在某地方過夜”,一般指“家以外的地方”
① kip:
備注:這個詞是英式英語中較口語化的說法。
例:
Can I kip here tonight?(我今晚能住這兒嗎?)
We kipped down at a hotel.(我們住在酒店里。)
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② stay over:
例:
If you want, you can stay over with us
tonight.(如果你愿意,今晚可以睡我們家。)
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③ stay the night:
例:
After the party she was too drunk to drive
so she stayed the night.(她喝高了沒法開車,派對結(jié)束后便留下來過夜。)
They stayed the night at her brother's.(他們在她哥哥家過夜。)
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④ sleep over:
例:
My mom said that you could sleep over on
Saturday.(我媽說,你周六晚可以住我們家。)
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