sleep

1 عمومی:: خفتن‌، خواب‌ رفتن‌، خواب‌، خوابیدن‌

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general:: sleep the natural state of resting your mind and body, when your eyes are closed and you do not notice anything happening around you: • I hardly got any sleep at all last night. • He woke suddenly from a deep sleep . slumber/slumbers literary sleep: • She fell into an uneasy slumber . • He awoke from his slumbers. shut-eye informal especially humorous sleep: • I really need to get some shut-eye . doze a period in which you sleep lightly, especially when you are not in your bed: • Edward was so tired he fell into a doze on the settee. snooze informal a short period when you sleep lightly, especially when you are not in your bed: • He decided to have a snooze on the sofa while he was waiting for the others to get ready. nap a short sleep, especially during the day: • He’s taking a nap . • Helen put the baby down for a nap after lunch. forty winks informal a short sleep, especially during the day: • I’m just going to have forty winks . • I felt a lot better after I had had forty winks., sleep to rest your mind and body with your eyes closed. Sleep is usually used when talking about how long, how deeply, or where someone sleeps. When saying that someone is not awake, you use be asleep: • Most people sleep for about eight hours. • He slept downstairs. • Did you sleep well? be asleep to be sleeping: • The baby’s asleep – don’t wake her. • He was fast asleep (= completely asleep ) by the time I got home. oversleep to sleep for longer than you intended so that you wake up late in the morning: • I overslept and was late for work. take a nap ( also have a nap especially British English ) ( also have forty winks informal ) to sleep for a short time during the day: • I think I’ll have a nap. • She had been awake all night and was looking forward to taking a nap. have/take a snooze informal to sleep for a short time, especially in a chair, not in a bed: • I think I’ll have a quick snooze. doze to sleep lightly, for example in a chair, and be easily woken: • I wasn’t really asleep – I was just dozing. • I must have dozed off (= started sleeping ) halfway through the film. kip British English informal to sleep somewhere, especially somewhere that is not your home – a very informal use: • I kipped at my mate’s for a couple of days. • Is it alright if I kip on the floor?

Longman-Thesaurus

2 general:: sleep in informal to sleep until later in the morning than you usually do • I usually sleep in at the weekends., sleep with sb informal to have sex with someone • He found out that his wife had been sleeping with his best friend., sleep together informal If two people sleep together, they have sex • I don't think they sleep together any more., sleep over informal to sleep in someone else's home for a night • If you don't want to catch a train home at that time of night, you're welcome to sleep over., sleep through sth If you sleep through a lot of noise or an activity, it does not wake you or keep you awake • I never heard the storm last night - I must have slept through it. • I was so bored that I slept through the second half of the film.

Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs

3 general::   noun condition of rest ADJ. deep | light | REM VERB + SLEEP drift into/off to, drop off to, get to, go (back) to | cry/sob yourself to | get, sleep, snatch Close your eyes and get some sleep now. Tom was in the front room sleeping the sleep of the dead. I snatched a few hours' sleep in the afternoon. | need | survive on They seem to survive on only a few hours' sleep a night. | induce, lull/send sb to using drugs to induce sleep The quiet music soon sent her to sleep. | drift in and out of He drifted in and out of sleep all night. | lose Don't lose sleep over it?we'll sort everything out in the morning. | disrupt | catch up on I used Saturday to catch up on my sleep. | feign I feigned sleep when the ticket inspector came round. SLEEP + VERB come Sleep came to her in snatches. | overcome sb, overtake sb Sleep finally overtook me. SLEEP + NOUN pattern | deprivation, loss | apnoea PREP. during ~ your heart rate during sleep | in your ~ He often walks and talks in his sleep. PHRASES a lack of sleep suffering from a lack of sleep | a wink of sleep I won't get a wink of sleep with that noise downstairs. period of sleep ADJ. long | little, short | dead, deep, heavy, sound | good, restful | light | disturbed, exhausted, fitful, restless, uneasy I woke up early after a disturbed sleep. | dreamless, peaceful | drunken | beauty Sorry but I need my beauty sleep. VERB + SLEEP need | have Did you have a good sleep? | be in I was in a deep sleep when the phone rang. | drift into, fall into, sink into I immediately fell into a dead sleep. | awake/awaken/wake (sb) from He woke from a fitful sleep with a headache. PHRASES a (good/poor) night's sleep You'll feel better after a good night's sleep.,   verb ADV. properly, soundly, well I haven't slept properly for weeks. The children were all sleeping soundly. Did you sleep well last night? | peacefully, quietly | easier, easily, quiet When the murderer is caught we can all sleep easier in our beds at night. | badly, fitfully, uneasily | deeply, heavily He was exhausted and slept deeply. | lightly She always slept very lightly so I had to be careful not to wake her. | barely, hardly, scarcely She felt as if she had hardly slept. | a little | alone | together VERB + SLEEP be unable to, can't/couldn't I couldn't sleep so I got up and went downstairs. | try to You must be very tired. Try to sleep a little. | let sb | put sb/sth to You should always put babies to sleep on their backs. We had to have our dog put to sleep (= humanely killed because it was so ill). PREP. for I only slept for four hours that night. | through She slept right through the storm. | with Everyone knows she sleeps with the boss. PHRASES not sleep a wink (= not sleep at all) I didn't sleep a wink last night. | sleep late Let them sleep late on Saturday morning if they want to. | sleep like a baby/log (= sleep very well), sleep rough the problem of young people who sleep rough in the streets

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

4 general:: In addition to the idioms beginning with SLEEP, Also see LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE; LOSE SLEEP OVER; PUT TO SLEEP. Also see under ASLEEP.

American Heritage Idioms

5 general:: sleep adverbs sleep well • I haven’t been sleeping well lately. sleep badly • Eleanor slept badly that night. sleep soundly/deeply (= in a way that means you are not likely to wake ) • Within seconds, Maggie was sleeping soundly. sleep peacefully • Celia slept peacefully beside him. sleep uneasily (= not sleep well, because you are worried ) • That night I slept uneasily, anxious about the meeting the next day. sleep fitfully literary (= sleep badly, waking up after short periods, especially because you are worried ) • She slept fitfully, her mind filled with images of Jack’s face. barely/hardly sleep (= to not sleep well ) • I’d hardly slept the night before the wedding. sleep late (= not wake up until late in the morning ) • She had slept late; it was already eleven. phrases can’t/couldn’t sleep • I went to bed, but I couldn’t sleep. be unable to sleep • He lay down but was unable to sleep. have trouble sleeping (= to not sleep well ) • Why do so many elderly people have trouble sleeping? sleep like a log ( also sleep like a baby ) informal (= sleep very well ) • I was exhausted and slept like a log. not sleep a wink informal (= not sleep at all ) • I didn’t sleep a wink last night. sleep 2 verbs go to sleep (= start sleeping ) • He turned over and went to sleep. drift/drop off to sleep (= start sleeping, especially without meaning to ) • She’d drifted off to sleep on the sofa. get to sleep (= succeed in starting to sleep ) • Last night I couldn’t get to sleep. go back/get back to sleep (= sleep again after waking up ) • He shut his eyes and went back to sleep. send somebody to sleep (= make someone start sleeping ) • She hoped the music would send her to sleep. get some sleep (= sleep for a while ) • You’d better get some sleep. have a sleep British English (= sleep for a short while ) • Are you going to have a sleep after lunch today? catch up on some sleep (= sleep after not having enough sleep ) • I suggest you try and catch up on some sleep. sing/rock/lull somebody to sleep (= make someone sleep by singing etc ) • She was usually able to rock the baby back to sleep quite quickly. adjectives a long sleep • He needed a decent meal and a long sleep. a little/short sleep • I always have a little sleep in the afternoon. a deep/sound/heavy sleep (= a sleep from which you cannot easily be woken ) • The noise woke him from a deep sleep. a light sleep (= a sleep from which you can easily be woken ) • I fell into a light sleep. a dreamless sleep (= in which you do not dream ) • She fell into a deep, dreamless sleep. an exhausted sleep (= because you were very tired ) • He finally woke from an exhausted sleep. a fitful/restless/uneasy sleep (= in which you keep moving or waking ) • My alarm woke me from a fitful sleep. phrases a good night’s sleep (= when you sleep well ) • I woke up refreshed after a good night’s sleep. five/eight etc hours’ sleep • After eight hours’ sleep, I woke up in pitch blackness. drift in and out of sleep (= keep almost waking up ) • I lay in the garden, drifting in and out of sleep. cry yourself to sleep (= cry until you fall asleep ) • I used to cry myself to sleep every night. fall into a deep/long etc sleep (= start sleeping deeply, for a long time etc ) • He lay down on his bed and fell into a deep sleep. wake/be woken from a deep/long etc sleep • A very long time later I woke from a deep sleep. COMMON ERRORS >>> Do not say 'go sleep’ . Say go to sleep .

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