单词 | to get off to sleep |
释义 | > as lemmasto get off to sleep b. intransitive. To succeed in falling asleep; to fall asleep. Frequently in to get off to sleep. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > go to sleep or fall asleep to fall, lull, lay (bring obs.) asleepOE to fall overa1752 to go off1813 to drop off1820 to fall off1822 to get off to sleep1837 to fall off1862 tope1863 sleepy-baw1907 to go out1928 to zizz off1962 1837 United Service Jrnl. Sept. 50 I..at last found a snug berth on the booms under the bow of the launch, and got off to sleep. 1855 Ladies' Repository Oct. 596/1 When I went to bed I found it very difficult to sleep; and when I did get off at last, my thoughts shaped themselves into a singular dream. 1891 Cassell's Family Mag. Mar. 212/1 I find I can get off to sleep by trying to count up to 100. 1922 V. Woolf Jacob's Room i. 17 I thought he'd never get off—such a hurricane. 1934 L. A. G. Strong Corporal Tune iii. iv. 267 If you find you can't get off tonight..don't lie awake. Ring your bell, and ask sister to give you my ‘A’ drink. 1969 A. Laski Dominant Fifth v. 182 The doctor gave me some very good sleeping-pills and said I must take one every evening, and so I did, though not until I'm sure Tess has got off. 1998 A. Hollinghurst Spell (1999) i. 11 Actually I was asleep. I'd just got off, I'm extremely tired. 2011 T. Slater No More Time-outs 102 After one of her funny cigarette things, a couple of Valiums and a pint of Remy Martin VSOP, she got off to sleep. < as lemmas |
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