sleeper
英 ['sli?p?]
美 ['slip?]
- n. 臥車；臥鋪；枕木；睡眠者
- n. (Sleeper)人名；(英)斯利珀
英文詞源
- sleeper (n.)
- Old English sl?pere "one who sleeps, one who is inclined to sleep much," agent noun from sleep (v.). Meaning "strong horizontal beam" is from c. 1600. Meaning "dormant or inoperative thing" is from 1620s. Meaning "railroad sleeping car" is from 1875. Sense of "something whose importance proves to be greater than expected" first attested 1892, originally in American English sports jargon, probably from earlier (1856) gambling slang sense of "unexpected winning card." Meaning "spy, enemy agent, terrorist etc. who remains undercover for a long time before attempting his purpose" first attested 1955, originally in reference to communist agents in the West.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. She was usually a light sleeper.
- 她通常很容易驚醒。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. I usually go up to London on the sleeper.
- 我一般都乘臥車去倫敦.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. Please don't make any noise — my mother's a very light sleeper.
- 請(qǐng)安靜——我母親睡覺(jué)很輕.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. The British call a railroad tie a sleeper.
- 英國(guó)人把“railroadtie” (鐵路枕木)稱為“sleeper”.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. I crammed my bag full of swimsuits and T-shirts and caught the sleeper down to Beziers.
- 我把泳衣和T恤衫塞進(jìn)包里，乘臥鋪前往貝濟(jì)耶。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
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