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asleep

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a∙sleep / əˈslip ; əˈsli:p /
◙adj [not before noun]
1. sleeping
• 睡着的;
【OPP】 awake
 »Quiet! The baby's asleep.
  安静点！ 宝宝在睡觉。
 »fast / sound asleep ( = sleeping deeply )
  睡得很熟的
2. fall asleep
a. to begin to sleep
• 入睡:
 »Grandad fell asleep watching TV.
  爷爷看电视时睡着了。
 »One in seven road accidents is caused by driversfalling asleep at the wheel(=fall asleep while driving) .
  七分之一的事故是司机驾车时睡着引起的。
b. [literary] used to mean that someone dies, when you want to avoid saying this directly
• 长眠
3. half asleep, very tired or not completely awake
• 精疲力竭; 睡眼惺忪的:
 »Still half asleep, Jenny began to make the kids' breakfast.
  珍妮还睡眼惺忪时就开始为孩子们准备早餐了。
4. an arm or leg that is asleep has been in one position for too long, so you cannot feel it properly
• 〔手臂或腿〕麻木的
5. asleep at the wheel / switch, not paying attention to a situation, so that something bad happens
• 漫不经心的〔以至不好的事发生〕:
 »Several publishers were asleep at the switch, and missed the book's potential.
  几家出版商掉以轻心，没看到这本书的潜力。
--› see go to sleep at SLEEP ²(3)
--› see box at SLEEP ¹