| 单词 | sleep training |
| 释义 | > as lemmassleep training sleep training n. (a) training which takes place during sleep (cf. sleep-learning n. at Compounds 4); (b) the action or process of training young children to fall asleep independently, (now) esp. by limiting intervention by caregivers (cf. controlled crying n. at controlled adj. Compounds). ΚΠ 1922 World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska) 5 Jan. 8/4 (heading) Sleep-Training... Waiting until the child is asleep the parent should creep into the room... Care must be taken not to waken a child, whose unconscious self, itself awake, will accept ‘what one wants to say to it’. 1933 M. H. Krout Major Aspects of Personality xii. 291 Methods of sleep training. a. Patting. b. Rocking. c. Singing d. Use of pacifier [etc.]. 1961 Phylon 22 317 They may practice a kind of subliminal ‘sleep-training’. 1994 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 6 June 5/2 Proper sleep training can help teach a 4-month-old to nap through the night. 2011 A. Schafer Ain't Misbehavin' iii. 39 Tell your neighbors in advance that you are about to do some sleep training and it might be loud for a short spell. < as lemmas |
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