| 单词 | sleep tight |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(good night) sleep tight 1. Soundly, roundly; = tightly adv. 1. Now chiefly in colloquial phrase (good night) sleep tight, a conventional (rhyming) formula used when parting for the night or at bedtime. Also in slang phrase blow me tight: see blow me tight! at blow v.1 29. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adverb] > in thoroughgoing manner a-good?1516 tightly1601 tight1790 thoroughgoingly1832 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adverb] > deeply or soundly fastOE sadlya1375 to sleep sounda1400 soundlyc1400 stronglya1500 deeply1632 tight1898 out to it1941 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae [phrase] > expressions of leave-taking > at night goodnightc1275 Gad ye good night1849 (good night) sleep tight1933 1790 J. Fisher Poems Var. Subj. 61 I charg'd them tight, An' gart them pay o' lawing clink, Mair than was right. 1898 E. von Arnim Elizabeth & her German Garden 29 She had been so tight asleep. 1933 E. O'Neill Ah, Wilderness! iii. ii. 101 Good night, Son. Sleep tight. 1957 L. Stern Midas Touch ii. xviii. 136 Nighty-night, Barbara. Sleep tight. 1960 D. Lessing In Pursuit of Eng. iii. 99 When we left him, she patted his shoulder with triumphant patronage, and said: ‘Sleep tight. And keep your dreams clean.’ 1976 ‘R. Boyle’ Cry Rape xxi. 94 Goodnight, Anne. Sleep tight. < as lemmas |
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