人一生中有三分之一的时间是在睡眠中度过，可见“睡眠”的重要性。我们来看看各种不同的“睡眠”在英语中怎么表达。
1. 最常见的表示“睡眠”的英语单词，自然是：sleep
例：
Most people sleep for about eight hours.（大多数人一天要睡8小时。）
He slept downstairs.（他睡在楼下。）
Did you sleep well?（你睡得好吗？）
2. 小睡、瞌睡：
① take a nap: to sleep for a short
time during the day 白天小睡一会儿
备注：美式英语常用''take
a nap''，英式英语常用''have a nap''。
例：
I think I'll have a nap.（我觉得我得咪一会儿。）
She had been awake all night and was
looking forward to taking a nap.（她一夜没睡，现在很想小睡一会儿。）
补充：''nap''的其他搭配：
She has her afternoon nap at about two.（她大约2:00午休。）
Helen put the baby down for a nap after
lunch.（午饭后，海伦让孩子去睡午觉。）
You can always tell when it's a baby's nap
time because they start getting irritable.（你完全可以看出婴儿什么时候该睡觉，因为困的时候他们会很烦躁。）
A short nap may make you feel better.（小睡一会儿会好点。）（备注：这里也可以用''a little
nap''。）
I’d like to have a brief nap in the
afternoon.（我想午休一小会。）（备注：这里也可以用''a quick nap''。）
Try taking a power nap before the meeting.（开会前睡会觉充充电吧！）（备注：a power nap=a short
sleep at work, that gives you more energy and concentration）
I envied her ability to take catnaps at any
time of the day.（她白天任何时候都是想睡就能睡着，我很羡慕这点。）（备注：a catnap=a very short sleep）
② have/catch forty winks：小睡一会儿
备注：''wink''的本意是“一眨眼、极短的时间”，如：表达“一夜未曾睡”，可以说''I
didn't get a wink of sleep last night.''。这个词组较口语化。
例：
I had time to catch forty winks before the
flight.（在上飞机之前，我还有时间小睡一会儿。）
I'm just going to have forty winks.（我正要去小睡一会儿。）
I felt a lot better after I had had forty
winks.（睡了一小会，我感觉好多了。）
③ have/take a snooze: to sleep for
a short time, especially in a chair, not in a bed打盹儿（经常在椅子上而不在床上）
备注：这个词组较口语化。
例：
I think I'll have a quick snooze.（我觉得我得打个盹儿。）
I had a snooze and missed the end of the
movie.（我只打了个盹儿，就错过了电影的结尾。）
He decided to have a snooze on the sofa
while he was waiting for the others to get ready.（在等其他人各就各位的间隙，他决定在沙发上打个盹儿。）
④ doze: to sleep lightly, for
example in a chair, and be easily woken打盹儿、瞌睡（经常在椅子上而不在床上）
例：
I wasn't really asleep - I was just dozing.（我并没真正睡着，只是打了个盹儿。）
I must have dozed off halfway through the
film.（我电影看到一半肯定睡着了。）
Edward was so tired he dozed off on the sofa.（爱德华太累了，在沙发上打起盹儿来。）
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