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单词 sleepless
释义 sleep·less
\ˈslēplə̇s\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English sleples, from slep sleep + -les -less
1. : not able to sleep : insomniac
 < lay all that night sleepless and yearning to go home — W.M.Thackeray >
2.
 a. : affording no sleep
  < troubles, cares, and sleepless nights to him who wears the royal diadem — John Milton >
 b. : marked by absence of sleep
  < the sleepless sobriety of the drinker who has tried to go to sleep without drinks — Edmund Wilson >
3. : unceasingly active
 < the sleepless ocean murmurs for all ears — William Wordsworth >
 < deserves the attention of every American citizen and the sleepless concern of the responsible agencies of government — A.E.Stevenson b.1900 >
sleep·less·ly adverb
sleep·less·ness noun -es
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