【sleep音标】 英[sli:p] 美[sli:p]
【单词释义】 sleep是什么意思：
vi.睡，睡觉；睡眠状态
vt.为…提供床位；提供住宿；以睡觉打发日子
n.[U]睡觉；睡眠；[sing.] 睡眠时间；一觉
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] sleeps
[单词现在分词] sleeping
[单词过去式] slept
[单词过去分词] slept
【sleep形近词/近似词】
asleep adj.睡着的
steep adj.陡峭的，险峻的 v.浸泡 n.悬崖，陡坡；浸泡液
sheep n.羊，绵羊
cheep n. 吱吱的叫声 v. 吱吱地叫
sweep v.打扫，清理；扫视过；掠过；卷走 n.打扫；清扫；挥动；全胜
【单词例句】
◇ Poor Snow-white sat at the foot of a tree and cried. Then she saw that night was coming. She said, "I will not cry. I will find some house where I can sleep tonight. I cannot wait here: the bears will eat me."
可怜的白雪公主坐在一棵树底下哭了，这时，她看到天快黑了，她说:“我不哭了，我要找所房子今晚好睡觉，我不能呆在这儿了，熊会吃了我的。”
---- Snow White
◇ "Your saliva is your natural protective mechanism," says Nigel Carter, chief executive of the Oral Health Foundation in the UK, inhibiting bacterial growth and tooth decay. "The saliva flow reduces overnight, so that's why it's very important that all the plaque is cleared away before you sleep."
英国口腔健康基金会首席执行官奈杰尔·卡特说：“你的唾液是你的天然保护机制，”可以抑制细菌生长和蛀牙。“唾液流动在夜间减少，这就是为什么在睡觉前清除所有牙菌斑非常重要。”
---- How to properly brush your teeth
◇ "I don't want any of them," answered the frog. "Your clothes, your pearls and your jewels, or even your golden crown, are nothing to me. I want you to love me, and let me be your companion. I'd like to sit at your table, eat from your golden plate, and drink out of your cup, and sleep in your nice bed. If you promise me all this, I will dive down into the water and bring up your pretty golden ball."
青蛙答道：“我不要这些东西。你的衣服，珍珠，甚至于你金色的王冠对我来说，不值一文。我要你爱我，并让我做你的伴侣。我要坐在你桌子上，用你的金盘吃东西，用你的杯子喝水，并睡在你舒适的床上。如果你答应我这些，我就潜到水里去把你漂亮的金球拿上来。”
---- The Frog Prince
◇ Everyone was horrified, and the twelfth wise woman, who had not yet offered her wish, stepped forward. Because she was unable to undo the wicked wish, but only to soften it, she said, "It shall not be her death. The princess will only fall into a hundred-year deep sleep."
所有在场的人都大惊失色。第十二个女巫师走上前去，她还没有献上她的礼物。因为她无法去除这个邪恶的咒语，只能减轻它，她说：“（这个凶险的咒语的确会应验，但公主能够化险为夷）她不会死去，而只是昏睡过去，而且一睡就是一百年。”
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ To avoid the Customs’ punishment, they hid in a small ferry called the North Pole Seagull, sitting back to back without sleeping, showering and shaving for 3 days, and had no chance to mourn their lost luggage when landing. The hardship of this crossing was apparent.
为了避开海关的惩处，他们躲在一艘叫“北极海鸥”的渡轮里，背靠背坐着，整整3天没有睡觉、洗澡和刮胡子，上岸的时候也没有机会心痛他们丢失的行李，这次横渡的艰辛是显而易见的。
---- Immigrate to America
◇ What bothered her most was that she received no apology when her sleeping was disturbed by a barking dog in a shopkeeper's cage.
最使她烦恼的是，一名店主笼子里的狗的吠叫闹得她睡不好觉，但却没有任何人向她道歉。
---- Study in America
◇ Upon this bed the Princess was to pass the night.The next morning she was asked how she had slept.
这位公主夜里就睡在这些东西上面。 早晨大家问她昨晚睡得怎样。
---- The Real Princess
◇ It makes you wonder what he or she is really up to - and wondering is what keeps you from getting a decent night's sleep.
你还会为了某些没搞明白的事弄得夜不能昧。
---- The most unbearable thing for the twelve zodiac signs
◇ Even if you and your partner spend the night at each other's places all the time, your family's standards can be a different story, making sleeping arrangements a potentially fraught topic. Winter recommends treading carefully.
即使你和伴侣经常在对方的住所里过夜，但是在父母家里过夜则是另一回事，可能会带来一些烦恼。温特建议对这件事要小心斟酌。
---- How to introduce your partner to your family
◇ Sydney-based sleep coach Elina Winnel from My Sleep Coach said that people need to avoid falling asleep in the curled-up foetal position because of how detrimental it can be.
就职于悉尼“我的睡眠教练”机构的睡眠教练伊琳娜-温内尔说，人们应避免如婴儿般蜷缩入睡，这对健康有害。