fall asleep

英 [fɔːl əˈsliːp]

美 [fɔːl əˈsliːp]

入睡; 睡着; 进入梦乡

Oxford 3000

牛津词典

• 以上各短语均含开始睡着之义。
  These words all mean to start to sleep.
• 指入睡，有时指无意之中或在不适当的场合睡着：
  to start to sleep, sometimes when you do not intend to or in a situation that is not appropriate
  1. When she finally fell asleep, she began to dream.
     她终于睡着了，并开始做梦。
  2. I pinched myself to stop myself from falling asleep.
     我掐自己以防自己睡着。
• 指入睡，尤指有意想睡着：
  to start to sleep, especially when you intend to
  1. I shut my eyes and tried to go to sleep.
     我闭上了眼睛想睡。
  2. He woke for a moment and then went to sleep again.
     他醒了一会儿，然后又睡了。
• 指开始入睡，尤指经过很长时间或很难才睡着：
  to start sleeping, especially after a long time or when this is difficult
  1. He took a long time getting to sleep that night.
     他那天晚上过了好长时间才睡着。
• 指睡着，尤指渐渐地入睡：
  to fall asleep, especially gradually
  1. I must have drifted off, because when I woke we were nearly home.
     我一定是睡着了，因为我醒来时我们已快到家了。
• 指睡着了一会儿，尤指坐着或在不该睡觉时打瞌睡：
  ( informal ) to fall asleep for a short time, especially when you are sitting down and when you are not supposed to be sleeping
  1. I was practically nodding off in that meeting.
     我在那次会议上差点睡着了。
• 指打盹儿、小睡：
  ( BrE informal ) to start sleeping lightly
  1. I dropped off and missed the end of the film.
     我打了个盹儿，错过了影片的结尾。

英英释义

verb

• change from a waking to a sleeping state
  1. he always falls asleep during lectures
  Synonym:dope offflake outdrift offnod offdrop offdoze offdrowse off

双语例句

• I can not fall asleep after drinking coffee this late.
  现在这么晚了，喝咖啡之后我不能入睡。
• But because she is tired, I just let her to fall asleep.
  但是因为她比较累，我就让她先睡了。
• They drink too much and fall asleep.
  他们喝太多而睡著了。
• He's so boring! He makes me fall asleep.
  她太没劲了，都快让我睡着了。
• I am sorry I was too tired to fall asleep.
  对不起，我累得睡着了。
• I found it's such a good way to fall asleep.
  我发觉这是入睡的好办法。
• It was so boring that I would fall asleep when I was the teacher.
  在我当老师时太无聊以至于我就睡着了。
• I can not fall asleep and look back on things that have happened between us.
  我无法入睡，并回顾事情发生在我们之间。
• Only then did he gobble up the food until all he could do was fall asleep.
  他狼吞虎咽地吃了那些食物，接着就去睡觉了。
• If I fall asleep, will you wake me up?
  我要是睡着了，叫醒我好吗？