“睡眠”知多少?(第二部分)

2014-09-24 11:28阿卡索英语

上一讲 主要介绍了几个不同种类的“睡眠”的小词,如“打瞌睡”、“午休”等等。紧接上一讲,我们来看看“入眠”在英语中怎么表达。

 

表示“入眠”,常用:

go to sleep:

例:

She lay down on the couch and went right to sleep.(她躺在沙发上,马上睡着。)

Tell the kids it's time to go to sleep (= go to bed).(告诉孩子们,该上床睡觉啦!)

After the party, I just wanted to go to sleep.(派对结束后,我只想赶紧去睡觉。)

 

fall asleep:

例:

Grandpa fell asleep watching TV.(爷爷看电视,看着看着就睡着了。)

I woke up and I couldn't fall back asleep.(我醒了就再也睡不着了。)

One in seven road accidents is caused by drivers falling asleep at the wheel (= falling asleep while driving ) .(公路交通意外有1/7是由于驾驶员行驶过程中打瞌睡造成的。)

 

get to sleep:

例:

It took me almost an hour to get to sleep last night.(昨晚我躺床上差不多一个小时后才睡着。)

I woke up in the middle of the night, but I eventually got back to sleep.(我半夜醒来,但后来又睡着了。)

 

drop off (to sleep):

例:

The baby tends to drop off after he eats.(婴儿吃完就想睡。)

She lay down and dropped off to sleep.(她躺下就睡着。)

Do you fall asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow, or do you toss and turn for hours before dropping off?(你是一沾枕头就睡着呢?还是在床上翻来覆去好久才睡着?)

 

out:

例:

He was out as soon as his head hit the pillow.(他一沾枕头就睡着了。)

看看《老友记》S01E24的例子:

情境:Ross向朋友们展示刚出生的儿子的照片,这些照片大同小异,全是儿子“将睡不睡”的状态。看看Ross怎么说。

Ross: (full of love) Oh, here's little Ben falling asleep. A little bit later. Is he going to sleep? Is he going to sleep? Is he gonna...(excited)Yep. Out like a light.

呵,这是小Ben睡着的照片……不是,等一下……他要睡了吗?……他要睡了吗?……哈!一下子就睡着了!

 

put somebody to sleep:

这个词组有两个意思:

A. to get someone ready to sleep for the night

例:

Did you put the kids to sleep?= Did you put the kids to bed?(孩子们洗漱停当了吗?你把他们弄上床了吗?)

B. to make someone fall asleep from boredom无聊得让人昏昏欲睡

例:

The movie practically put me to sleep.(这个电影几乎让我昏昏欲睡。)

Her lectures used to put him to sleep.(她的演讲常让他昏昏欲睡。)

 

pass out: to fall asleep or become unconscious

例:

They both passed out in front of the TV.(他们俩都看电视看到睡着。)

He drank until he passed out.(他一直喝到人事不知。)

I felt like I was going to pass out from exhaustion.(我觉得我快累得睡着了。)

Someone passed out on the floor.(有人昏迷躺在地板上。)

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