“睡眠”知多少?(第三部分)

2014-09-24 11:29阿卡索英语

上一讲 主要讲了“入眠”在英语中怎么表达。紧接上一讲,我们来看看英语中还有哪些跟“睡眠”相关的表达。

 

1. 表示“睡着”,常用:be asleep

例:

''Are you asleep?''  ''No, I'm awake.''-你睡着了吗? -没,醒着呢。)

The baby's asleep - don't wake her.(孩子睡着了,别吵醒她。)

He tries to clean up the house while the kids are asleep.(他想趁着孩子们在睡,把房子好好打扫一下。)

He was still asleep at noon.(到了中午,他还在睡。)

 

2. 表示“熟睡”,常用:

fast/sound asleep: sleep deeply

例:

He was fast asleep by the time I got home.(我到家时,他已经睡得很熟了。)

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!(她本来还在熟睡,一下就完全醒了!)

 

out for the count:

例:

Two minutes after getting into bed, I was out for the count.(我睡下后两分钟,就睡得很熟了。)

 

sleep like a baby/log:

备注:''log''的原意是“木头”。

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.(我累坏了,是以睡死过去。)

 

sleep through (something): to sleep without being awakened by (something, such as a loud noise) 熟睡,没被(噪声等)吵醒

例:

She slept right through the thunderstorm.(她没被暴风雨吵醒。)

How did you manage to sleep through the thunderstorm?(雷电交加你怎么能睡着?)

I can't believe I slept through my alarm!(竟然闹钟都没吵醒我,难以置信啊!)

At least the baby is sleeping through the night.(至少孩子一夜睡了个整觉。)(备注:sleep through the night= to sleep continuously during the whole night

 

sleep tight: used especially to children before they go to bed, to say that you hope they sleep well 睡个好觉!

备注:这句话一般用在口语中。

例:

Good night, kids. Sleep tight. (晚安,孩子们,睡个好觉!)

 

3. 表示“醒来,但还没完全清醒”,常用:half asleep

例:

Still half asleep, Jenny began to make the kids' breakfast.(珍妮还没完全睡醒,就开始给孩子们做早饭。)

We were still half asleep when we went to school the next morning.(第二天上学的时候,我们还迷迷糊糊的。)

 

4. 表示“在某地方过夜”,一般指“家以外的地方”

kip:

备注:这个词是英式英语中较口语化的说法。

例:

Can I kip here tonight?(我今晚能住这儿吗?)

We kipped down at a hotel.(我们住在酒店里。)

 

stay over:

例:

If you want, you can stay over with us tonight.(如果你愿意,今晚可以睡我们家。)

 

stay the night:

例:

After the party she was too drunk to drive so she stayed the night.(她喝高了没法开车,派对结束后便留下来过夜。)

They stayed the night at her brother's.(他们在她哥哥家过夜。)

 

sleep over:

例:

My mom said that you could sleep over on Saturday.(我妈说,你周六晚可以住我们家。)

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