sleep

Từ điển Collocation

sleep noun

1 condition of rest

ADJ. deep | light | REM

VERB + SLEEP drift into/off to, drop off to, get to, go (back) to | cry/sob yourself to | get, sleep, snatch Close your eyes and get some sleep now. Tom was in the front room sleeping the sleep of the dead. I snatched a few hours' sleep in the afternoon. | need | survive on They seem to survive on only a few hours' sleep a night. | induce, lull/send sb to using drugs to induce sleep The quiet music soon sent her to sleep. | drift in and out of He drifted in and out of sleep all night. | lose Don't lose sleep over it?we'll sort everything out in the morning. | disrupt | catch up on I used Saturday to catch up on my sleep. | feign I feigned sleep when the ticket inspector came round.

SLEEP + VERB come Sleep came to her in snatches. | overcome sb, overtake sb Sleep finally overtook me.

SLEEP + NOUN pattern | deprivation, loss | apnoea

PREP. during ~ your heart rate during sleep | in your ~ He often walks and talks in his sleep.

PHRASES a lack of sleep suffering from a lack of sleep | a wink of sleep I won't get a wink of sleep with that noise downstairs.

2 period of sleep

ADJ. long | little, short | dead, deep, heavy, sound | good, restful | light | disturbed, exhausted, fitful, restless, uneasy I woke up early after a disturbed sleep. | dreamless, peaceful | drunken | beauty Sorry but I need my beauty sleep.

VERB + SLEEP need | have Did you have a good sleep? | be in I was in a deep sleep when the phone rang. | drift into, fall into, sink into I immediately fell into a dead sleep. | awake/awaken/wake (sb) from He woke from a fitful sleep with a headache.

PHRASES a (good/poor) night's sleep You'll feel better after a good night's sleep.

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; slumber

    he didn't get enough sleep last night

    calm as a child in dreamless slumber

  • a torpid state resembling deep sleep; sopor
  • a period of time spent sleeping; nap

    he felt better after a little sleep

    there wasn't time for a nap

  • euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); rest, eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus

    she was laid to rest beside her husband

    they had to put their family pet to sleep

English Slang Dictionary

1. to ignore
2. to be unaware or unprepared. You can creep up on someone while they are "sleeping" (even if they are awake)

Microsoft Computer Dictionary

n. 1.In a multiprocessing environment, a temporary state of suspension during which a process remains in memory so that some event, such as an interrupt or a call from another process, can “awaken” it. 2. In programming, a state of suspension caused by a loop statement that creates an intentional delay.vb. To suspend operation without terminating.

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

sleeps|slept|sleeping
syn.: doze drowse nap rest slumber snooze
ant.: wake