sleeping

英 ['sli?p??] 美['slip??]

sleeping (adj.): c. 1300, past participle adjective from sleep (v.). Sleeping-pill is from 1660s; sleeping-bag is from 1850; sleeping sickness as a specific African tropical disease is first recorded 1875; sleeping has been used since late 14c. for diseases marked by morbid conditions. Sleeping Beauty (1729) is Perrault's La belle au bois dormant.
It is ill wakyng of a sleapyng dogge. [Heywood, 1562]

It is nought good a slepyng hound to wake. [Chaucer, c. 1385]

1. On the top floor we have sleeping quarters for women and children.: 我們?cè)陧敇怯泄┡撕秃⒆铀X(jué)的地方。

2. They had been up all night and were sleeping it off.: 他們前一天整夜未眠，所以這時(shí)正在補(bǔ)覺(jué)。

3. They are sleeping in the carpenter's shop directly above.: 他們正在正上方的木匠鋪?zhàn)永锼X(jué)。

4. Many are sleeping in the open because they have no shelter.: 很多人因?yàn)闆](méi)有棲身之所，只好露宿在外。

5. It is never a good idea to take sleeping tablets regularly.: 頻繁服用安眠藥絕對(duì)不是好辦法。