时间: 2025-04-23 20:14:28
美: [slip]
英: [sliːp]
vi. 睡，睡觉
n. 睡眠
n. (Sleep)人名；(英)斯利普
最后更新时间:2025-04-23 20:14:28
字面意思：Sleep指的是一种自然的、周期性的生理状态，通常伴随着意识的丧失、感知的减少以及身体的放松。
定义：Sleep is a state of rest for the body and mind, characterized by altered consciousness, relatively inhibited sensory activity, reduced muscle activity, and inhibition of most voluntary muscles.
词性：名词（noun）、动词（verb）。
词源分析：Sleep源自古英语“slaep”，其词根可追溯至原始日耳曼语“*slēpan”，意指“休息”或“睡眠”。其相关词根还包括“slumber”（打盹）和“sleepless”（失眠的）。
历史背景：Sleep一词在英语文献中的第一次出现可以追溯到公元前700年左右的古英语文本，表明睡眠在早期人类生活中的重要性。
课本：在*的英语教材中，通常在小学或初中阶段介绍sleep这个词。在牛津和美国的教材中，通常在小学阶段就会涉及到，尤其是在学基本的生活词汇时。
正式与非正式语境：
特殊场合：
I usually sleep for eight hours every night.
我通常每晚睡八个小时。
The doctor recommended that I should try to sleep more.
医生建议我应该多睡一些。
Many people suffer from sleep disorders these days.
现在许多人受到睡眠障碍的困扰。
He fell asleep during the movie.
他在电影中睡着了。
Sleep is essential for good health.
睡眠对身体健康至关重要。
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反义词：
音标记忆法：通过音标/siːp/来记忆，可以尝试将音标分解成易记的音节，比如“see”和“p”，联想为“看见睡眠”。
谐音联想记忆：可以将“sleep”与“斯利普”联想，想象一个人躺在床上安静地“斯利普”。
通过以上的分析，可以全面理解“sleep”这个单词的含义、用法及其在不同语境下的应用。这不仅对语言学*者有帮助，也为日常生活中的交流提供了参考。
[N-UNCOUNT] Sleep is the natural state of rest in which your eyes are closed, your body is inactive, and your mind does not think. 睡眠; 睡觉
例：They were exhausted from lack of sleep.他们因睡眠不足而疲惫不堪了。
例：Be quiet and go to sleep.安静，睡觉吧。
[V-I] When you sleep, you rest with your eyes closed and your mind and body inactive. 睡着; 睡觉
例：During the drive, the baby slept.在行驶中那个婴儿睡了。
例：I've not been able to sleep for the last few nights.最近几个晚上我一直无法入睡。
[N-COUNT] A sleep is a period of sleeping. (一段) 睡眠时间
例：I think he may be ready for a sleep soon.我想他可能准备好了马上睡一觉。
[[no cont, no passive]] If a building or room sleeps a particular number of people, it has beds for that number of people. 供…住宿
例：The villa sleeps 10.这幢别墅可供10人住宿。
[PHRASE] If you cannot get to sleep, you are unable to sleep. 入睡
例：I can't get to sleep with all that singing.那样的歌声让我无法入睡。
[PHRASE] If you say that you didn't lose any sleep over something, you mean that you did not worry about it at all. 担心
例：I didn't lose too much sleep over that investigation.我不太担心那起调查。
[PHRASE] If you are trying to make a decision and you say that you will sleep on it, you mean that you will delay making a decision on it until the following day, so you have time to think about it. 把…留待以后解决
例：I need more time to sleep on it. It's a big decision and I want to make the right one.我需要更多的时间再考虑一下。这是个重大的决定，我想做出正确的决定。
[PHRASE] If a sick or injured animal is put to sleep, it is killed by a vet in a way that does not cause it pain. 使 (有病或受伤的动物) 无痛苦地死去
例：I'm going take the dog down to the vet's and have her put to sleep.我打算把这只狗带到兽医那儿，让她无痛苦地死去。