英语词汇“sleeper”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(used with an adjective) a person who sleeps in a particular way

a heavy/light/sound sleeper

see also rough sleeper

a person who is asleep

Only the snores of the sleepers broke the silence of the house.

a night train with beds for passengers on it

the London–Edinburgh sleeper
I came up last night on the sleeper.

Topics Transport by bus and trainc2

(also sleeping car)

a coach on a train with beds for people to sleep in

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(British English)

(North American English tie)

one of the heavy pieces of wood or concrete (= a hard building material) on which the rails (= metal bars) on a railway track are laidTopics Transport by bus and trainc2

(informal, especially North American English) a film, play or book that for a long time is not very successful and then is suddenly a successTopics Successc2, Film and theatrec2

(also sleeper agent)

a spy who is sent to live in a country as a normal citizen and is not used until much later

The sleeper had lived in the US for two decades.
He infiltrated a terrorist sleeper cell.

(British English) a ring or piece of metal that you wear in an ear that has been pierced (= had a hole made in it) to keep the hole from closing

单词	sleeper
释义	sleeper noun /ˈsliːpə(r)/ /ˈsliːpər/ jump to other results (used with an adjective) a person who sleeps in a particular way a heavy/light/sound sleeper see also rough sleeper a person who is asleep Only the snores of the sleepers broke the silence of the house. a night train with beds for passengers on it the London–Edinburgh sleeper I came up last night on the sleeper. Topics Transport by bus and trainc2 (also sleeping car) a coach on a train with beds for people to sleep in enlarge image (British English) (North American English tie) one of the heavy pieces of wood or concrete (= a hard building material) on which the rails (= metal bars) on a railway track are laidTopics Transport by bus and trainc2 (informal, especially North American English) a film, play or book that for a long time is not very successful and then is suddenly a successTopics Successc2, Film and theatrec2 (also sleeper agent) a spy who is sent to live in a country as a normal citizen and is not used until much later The sleeper had lived in the US for two decades. He infiltrated a terrorist sleeper cell. (British English) a ring or piece of metal that you wear in an ear that has been pierced (= had a hole made in it) to keep the hole from closing
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