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n
1 [singular 单数，U] when you are sleeping 睡眠，睡觉:
Lack of sleep can make you bad-tempered. 缺少睡眠脾气就可能不好。
in your sleep Ed sometimes talks in his sleep. 爱德有时候会说梦话。
get some sleep We didn't get much sleep last night. 昨晚我们没睡多久。
a good night's sleep (=a long sleep at night) 一夜好觉: What you need is a good night's sleep. 你需要好好睡一个晚上。
2 go to sleep
a) to start sleeping 入睡:
Be quiet and go to sleep! 别吵，睡吧！
b) if a part of your body goes to sleep, you cannot feel it for a short time, because it has not been getting enough blood 〔身体部位〕发麻
→ compare 比较 fall asleep (ASLEEP)
3 not lose (any) sleep over sth to not worry about something 不会因为某事而睡不着觉
4 be put to sleep if an animal is put to sleep, it is killed by a VET because it is old or ill 人道毁灭〔有病或衰老的动物〕
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