| 单词 | to sleep a wink |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto sleep a wink b. to sleep a wink, usually with negative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > for a short time or lightly napeOE slumberc1220 sloomc1275 wink1412 to take (also catch, have, steal, etc.) a (also one's) napa1425 to sleep a wink1542 drowse1598 jouka1652 doze1693 snooze1789 snoozle1831 zizz1942 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 316 A good vigilaunt Consul..whiche never slept one wynke duryng..his Consulship. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 260 Not one of us durst either sit downe, or sleepe one winke for very feare. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 13 Nov. (1948) II. 411 I slept not a wink last night for hawking and spitting. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ix, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 198 I shall not sleep a wink less sound. 1840 W. M. Thackeray Shabby Genteel Story ix He..did not sleep one single wink all night. < as lemmas |
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