Can I sleep here？I don't want to sleep with Fuller.If he drinks,he'll wet the bed.

——Home Alone

我能在你的房里睡吗？我不想和富勒一起睡，他喝点水就尿床。

——《小鬼当家》

一、下面我们来看看sleep有几种含义

n.

睡眠，睡觉 [U,C] the natural periodic suspension of consciousness during which the powers of the body are restored

His eyes were bloodshot from lack of sleep.

他因缺少睡眠而两眼通红.

 

v.

1.睡，睡觉，睡着 [I] to rest in a state of sleep

Find somewhere else to sleep.

找别的地方睡觉去。

 

2.为…提供床位；提供住宿 [T] to provide sleeping accommodations for

The villa sleeps 10 and costs £530 per person for two weeks.

这座别墅可以住下10人，每人两周的费用是530英镑。

 

二、你知道sleep和哪些词更搭吗？

go to sleep

睡着,入睡

 

sleep in

v. 住在雇主家里,迟起床,睡过头

 

sleep off

以睡眠来消除

 

sleep out

v.不住在工作的地方,睡在露天

 

sleep over

v.借宿别人处,忽视,不注意

 

三、学会sleep的用法了吗？来做个填词游戏

It's very late now—why don't you _______ over?
现在已经很晚了——为什么不就睡这儿呢？