sleeper
sleeper 英 [ˈsli:pə(r)] 美 [ˈslipɚ]
n. 卧车；卧铺；枕木；睡眠者
名词复数:sleepers
- A sleeper is something that succeeds when no one thought it would. That low-tech movie about shark attacks that you shot on vacation and edited in your basement? It could be a sleeper if you market it in the right way.
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- n. 卧车；卧铺；枕木；睡眠者
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1. a heavy/light/sound sleeper
睡得很沉╱轻╱香的人
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2. Only the snores of the sleepers broke the silence of the house.
只有睡觉的人发出的鼾声打破了屋内的寂静。
- sleeper (n.) Old English slæpere "one who sleeps, one who is inclined to sleep much," agent noun from sleep (v.). Meaning "strong horizontal beam" is from c. 1600. Meaning "dormant or inoperative thing" is from 1620s. Meaning "railroad sleeping car" is from 1875. Sense of "something whose importance proves to be greater than expected" first attested 1892, originally in American English sports jargon, probably from earlier (1856) gambling slang sense of "unexpected winning card." Meaning "spy, enemy agent, terrorist etc. who remains undercover for a long time before attempting his purpose" first attested 1955, originally in reference to communist agents in the West.
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