－－－ 人的一生中有1/3的時間都用來睡覺，所以「sleep」的相關用法當然不能不知道囉！－－－
💤 想睡覺
sleepy （adj） 想睡覺的 If you are sleepy, you are very tired and are almost asleep
drowsy （adj）[ˈdraʊ.zi] 昏昏欲睡 If you feel drowsy, you feel sleepy and cannot think clearly
The room is so warm it's making me feel drowsy
➢ feel drowsy 想睡覺
I can barely keep my eyes open 忍不住睡意（眼睛都打不開了）
💤 go to bed
hit the sack 上床睡覺 ➡ 以前的人沒有床鋪，除非是有錢人，不然都是找一些麻布袋，把它們塞一塞就當床舖
I'm tired，Let's hit the sack
✔ sack 麻布袋
Time for bed 該上床睡覺囉
go straight to sleep （直接）上床睡覺
sleep tight = sweet dreams = good night 晚安，祝福有個好夢
💤 not sleeping
stay up 晚睡、熬夜 If you stay up, you remain out of bed at a time when most people have gone to bed or at a time when you are normally in bed yourself
Don't stay up too late
I stayed up late to study for the finals
➢ stay up late
pull an all-nighter 開夜車
Why are you still up？ 你為什麼還沒睡?
You should go to bed early = You should have an early night 你應該早點睡
toss and turn 輾轉難眠
Dad was tossing and turning all night because there was a mosquito in the room
✔ toss and turn all night 徹夜輾轉難眠
insomnia 失眠(醫學名詞)
Alcohol is a bad treatment for insomnia
（not） sleep a wink 沒睡著過
The neighbors were having a party and we couldn't sleep a wink last night
✔ wink 眨眼
💤 睡很沉、睡很久、很快睡著
sleep around the clock 睡很久 to sleep for a very long time
I was so tired I could have slept around the clock
sleep like a log（= baby） 睡得很沉
He is tired，he sleeps like a log
（be）dead to the world 睡得很沉
It's 10 o'clock now，but he's still dead to the world
（be）out like a light 入睡很快 to go to sleep very quickly or to become unconscious very quickly
I was out like a light after all day work
sleep through 不會被吵醒的意思 If you sleep through something, it does not wake you up
Some children can sleep through any kind of noise
I think he'll sleep through the night now
💤 常見片語 sleep
sleep in 賴床 to continue sleeping after the time that you usually wake up
I usually sleep in on Saturdays
sleep over 去別人家過夜 If someone, especially a child, sleeps over in a place such as a friend's home, they stay there for one night
Mom let me sleep over at Peggy’s on Saturday night
sleep around 跟很多人上床
Kevin loves to sleep around。He is never serious about relationship
sleep out 出去外面過夜
It's so hot tonight。Can't we sleep out in the garden?
Let’s go camping this weekend and sleep out under the stars
sleep on it 還沒馬上決定，需要時間思考 to wait before making an important decision
It’s ok。You don’t have to give me an answer right away。Sleep on it and get back to me by the end of the week
✔ get back to＋sb 回覆
💤 打盹、小睡 take a nap
catnap （n） 小睡 A catnap is a short sleep, usually one which you have during the day
If I could take a catnap，I think I'd feel much better
➢ take a catnap
doze off 打盹 If you doze off, you start to sleep, especially during the day
Some students often doze off in class
Mark dozed off during the movie
catch up on sleep 補眠
After the exams，I need to catch up on my sleep
unprotected sleep（n） 回籠覺 turning off your alarm clock and immediately going back to sleep; risking not waking up for a job, class, or other daily task
I got fired from my job because I had an hour of unprotected sleep
💤 睡眠者、狀態
light sleeper （n） 淺眠者
I told my girlfriend that I'm a light sleeper，and that the slightest disturbance will wake me up
heavy /sound sleeper （n） 熟睡者 A person who sleeps deeply and is difficult to wake up
I'm such a heavy sleeper that the explosion didn't wake me up
a night owl 夜貓子
an early bird 早起的人
➢ The early bird gets the worm 早起的鳥兒有蟲吃
💤 起床 wake up
wake up naturally 自然醒
In the morning，I woke up naturally and strolled along the streets
get up = get out of bed 起床
I don't want to get out of bed this morning
get（= wake） up on the wrong side of the bed 起床氣
Dad got up on the wrong side of bed，and he’s been grumpy all day
✔ grumpy 心情煩躁的
wake （v） 叫醒
Wake me up in twenty minutes
awake （adj） 醒著的 Someone who is awake is not sleeping
He was awake at 3am
Nightmares kept me awake all night
oversleep （v） 睡過頭 If you oversleep, you sleep longer than you should have done
My boss was pissed off because I overslept
rise and shine = good morning
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