asleep
asleep 英 [əˈsli:p] 美 [əˈslip]
adj. 睡着的
The baby was sound asleep upstairs. 婴儿在楼上睡得很香。
I waited until they were all fast asleep . 我一直等到他们都进入了梦乡。
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- adj. 睡着的
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1. The baby was sound asleep upstairs.
婴儿在楼上睡得很香。
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2. I waited until they were all fast asleep .
我一直等到他们都进入了梦乡。
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3. He was so exhausted that he fell asleep at his desk.
他太累了，竟伏在书桌上睡着了。
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4. She was still half asleep when she arrived at work.
她到了上班地点时仍然睡眼惺忪。
- asleep (adj.) c. 1200, aslepe, o slæpe, "in or into a state of slumber," from Old English on slæpe (see a- (1) + sleep (n.)). The parallel form on sleep continued until c. 1550. In religious literature sometimes euphemistic or figurative for "dead" (late 13c.). Meaning "inattentive, off guard" is from mid-14c. Of limbs, "numb and having a prickly feeling through stoppage of circulation," from late 14c.
asleep ★ / əˈsliːp ; NAmE əˈsliːp / adjective [not before noun ] sleeping 睡着 ◆ The baby was sound asleep (= sleeping deeply)upstairs. 婴儿在楼上睡得很香。 ◆ I waited until they were all fast asleep (= sleeping deeply). 我一直等到他们都进入了梦乡。 ◆ He was so exhausted that he fell asleepat his desk. 他太累了，竟伏在书桌上睡着了。 ◆ She was still half asleep (= not fully awake)when she arrived at work. 她到了上班地点时仍然睡眼惺忪。 ◆ The police found him asleep in a garage. 警察发现他在车库里睡着了。 OPP awake asleep / əˈsliːp ; NAmE əˈsliːp /
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