| 单词 | asleep |
| 释义 | asleep (once / 138 pages) adjadv If you're asleep, you're not awake and reading this. A baby might find it hard to fall asleep without being held and rocked. Some people snore when they're asleep, and others have strange, vivid dreams. In either case, their eyes are closed and they're in a state of rest that's close to being unconscious. You can also use asleep figuratively, to mean "numb," as when your leg falls asleep, or "inattentive," as when the opposing soccer team is asleep and your team beats them easily. WORD FAMILYasleep USAGE EXAMPLES“The doctor fell asleep after the operation. He thought someone else would update me.” Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) When she’s asleep, Surbhi and I get some time alone. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) In 2004, a caregiver at the facility pleaded guilty to neglecting two incapacitated residents after falling asleep on the job. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) 1adj in a state of sleep were all asleep when the phone rang fell asleep at the wheel Syn|Ant at rest in a state of repose or especially sleep dormant, hibernating, torpidin a condition of biological rest or suspended animation dozy, drowsing, drowsyhalf asleep fast asleep, sound asleepsleeping deeply hypnoidof or relating to a state of sleep or hypnosis sleepy, sleepy-eyed, sleepyheadedready to fall asleep slumberous, slumbery, slumbrous, somnolentinclined to or marked by drowsiness unawakenedstill asleep incognizant, unaware(often followed by `of') not aware unconsciousnot conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead awake not in a state of sleep; completely conscious alert, watchfulengaged in or accustomed to close observation astir, upout of bed awakened(somewhat formal) having been waked up insomniac, sleepless, watchfulexperiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness unsleeping, wide-awakefully awake wakeful, wakingmarked by full consciousness or alertness aware, cognisant, cognizant(sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception consciousknowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts 2adj dead Syn at peace, at rest, deceased, departed, gone dead no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life 3adj lacking sensation my foot is asleep Syn benumbed, numb insensible incapable of physical sensation 4adv into a sleeping state he fell asleep 5adv in the sleep of death |
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