单词 | sleep-out |
释义 | sleep-out[ sleep-out ] / ˈslipˌaʊt / adjectivelive-out. nouna person who lives elsewhere than at the place of employment. an act or instance of sleeping outdoors. Origin of sleep-outFirst recorded in 1910–15; adj., noun use of verb phrase sleep out Words nearby sleep-outsleepless, sleep like a log, sleep movement, sleep off, sleep on something, sleep-out, sleepover, sleep paralysis, sleep shade, sleepshirt, sleep sofa Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for sleep-outsleep out verb (intr, adverb)(esp of a tramp) to sleep in the open air to sleep away from the place of work noun sleep-outAustralian and NZ an area of a veranda that has been glassed in or partitioned off so that it may be used as a bedroom Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with sleep-outsleep out Sleep at home, as opposed to one's place of employment, as in We have a full-time nurse for her, but she sleeps out. [Mid-1800s] Sleep away from one's own home, as in She's not here; she's sleeping out. 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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