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单词 put to sleep
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put to sleep

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1

Bore utterly, as in That show put me to sleep. This hyperbolic term implies that something is so dull one could fall asleep.

2

Kill, especially as a kindness, as in We had to put the cat to sleep. This euphemism dates from the mid-1900s.

3

Subject to anesthesia, as in This injection will put you to sleep so you won't feel any pain.

Words nearby put to sleep

put together, put to good use, put to rights, put to sea, put to shame, put to sleep, put to the test, put two and two together, putty, putty in someone's hands, putty knife
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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