Sleep

(noun.) a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; 'he didn't get enough sleep last night'; 'calm as a child in dreamless slumber'.

(noun.) a torpid state resembling deep sleep.

(noun.) a period of time spent sleeping; 'he felt better after a little sleep'; 'there wasn't time for a nap'.

(verb.) be asleep.

(verb.) be able to accommodate for sleeping; 'This tent sleeps six people'.

杜安整理

• Which of them had a step so quiet, a hand so gentle, but I should have heard or felt her, if she had approached or touched me in a day-sleep? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• My spirit will sleep in peace; or if it thinks, it will not surely think thus. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Sleep, the other said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• I am not going to sleep here. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• What with loss of sleep, arduous exercise, and a full belly, Tarzan of the Apes slept the sun around, awakening about noon of the following day. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• She held her to her bosom; she cradled her in her arms; she rocked her softly, as if lulling a young child to sleep. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Unable to rest or sleep, she quitted her asylum early, that she might again endeavour to find my brother. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• How we shall conciliate this little creature, said Mrs. Bretton to me, I don't know: she tastes nothing, and by her looks, she has not slept. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Now while she still slept he turned her head and put his lips to hers. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• What with loss of sleep, arduous exercise, and a full belly, Tarzan of the Apes slept the sun around, awakening about noon of the following day. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• I passed the night under the shelter of a rock, strewing some heath under me, and slept pretty well. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• You must know that last night was the very first night that I have ever slept without a nurse in the room. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• I slept with my head against them and one arm touching them, Pilar told him. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• My father slept in the cabin; and I lay on the deck, looking at the stars, and listening to the dashing of the waves. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• He had left his sleeping wife; and wanted, as Margaret saw, to be amused and interested by something that she was to tell him. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• What was there in this simple and somewhat pretty sleeping-closet to startle the most timid? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Lily took no sleeping-drops that night. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I grasped it firmly, rose softly from the bed, and leaned over my sleeping wife. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Instead her eyes warned me to beware the sleeping figures that surrounded her. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• There she lay, unconscious that I was looking at her--quiet, more quiet than I had dared to hope, but not sleeping. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• We have all heard of certain animals sleeping through the long winter months and most of us have probably wondered what happens to them when they do this. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• There he sleeps, in that church. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• You can tell them to sprinkle a little vinegar about the place where he sleeps and to keep it moderately cool and him moderately warm. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• No one is stirring yet, but I know where the stable-boy sleeps, and we shall soon have the trap out. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• He sleeps in your old room,' said Agnes, looking up into my face. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Because she sleeps with thee she is no whore. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• In the iron room that this young fellow sleeps outside of, there was never mind how much. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Thank God she sleeps so well, I hope she won't wake till she's home. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

艾伯特整理