| 单词 | oversleep |
| 释义 | oversleep (once / 12211 pages) v When you oversleep, you stay asleep longer than you meant to. If you forget to set your alarm clock, you're likely to oversleep. People oversleep all the time, and they end up being late to school, work, or appointments. No one ever intends to oversleep. If you intend to keep sleeping, you would refer to it as "sleeping in." The verb oversleep is an old one, dating from the fourteenth century, and it's related to the Old English noun oferslæp, "too much sleep." WORD FAMILYoversleep: oversleeping, oversleeps, overslept+/sleep: oversleep, sleeper, sleeping, sleepless, sleeps, sleepy, slept/sleeper: sleepers/sleepiness: sleepinesses/sleeping: sleepingly, sleepings, unsleeping/sleepless: sleeplessly, sleeplessness/sleepy: sleepier, sleepiest, sleepily, sleepiness/unsleeping: unsleepingly USAGE EXAMPLES“Nekwa, Papa-Nnukwu is still asleep. He will be upset that the medicines made him oversleep and he did not wake to watch the sun rise.” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) Richardson admitted to oversleeping by 20 minutes and missing the team meeting last Friday, which led to his benching. Washington Times(Nov 09, 2016) I overslept on Sept. 11, 2001, and woke up to find my lucrative but tiresome career literally blown apart. New York Times(Oct 28, 2016) v sleep longer than intended |
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