“睡眠”知多少?(第三部分)

2014年9月24日 11:29:25

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:

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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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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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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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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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”

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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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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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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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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