| 释义 |
microsleep|ˈmaɪkrəʊsliːp|
[f. micro- 1 + sleep n.]
A transitory state of sleep, esp. in a person deprived of his normal sleep; a period or occasion of such sleep.
1945W. T. Liberson in Digest Neurol. & Psychiatry XIII. 106 Another feature which we described is ‘micro⁓sleep’, a paroxysmal sleep of 1–10 seconds. 1959Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 5 Sept. 14/1 Sleep deprivation brings with it an increasing burden of drowsiness..and brief lapses of awareness or ‘microsleeps’. 1969Sunday Times (Colour Suppl.) 16 Feb. 44/4 Tiny seizures of sleep known as microsleeps and lasting two or three seconds have occurred in people deprived of sleep. 1970Sci. Jrnl. May 14/3 The subjects developed serious anomalies in brain wave pattern accompanied by ‘microsleep’—a compulsive tendency to drop off unless kept constantly active. 1974Times 3 Dec. 3/1 A driver can be asleep for short periods without knowing it and without anyone else being aware of it... A neurologist..described the state as ‘micro-sleep’... They were in fact asleep for periods lasting from five to 10 seconds. |