sleepy

英 ['sliːpɪ] 美 ['slipi]
  • adj. 欲睡的;困乏的;不活跃的

英文词源


sleepy (adj.)
early 13c. from sleep (n.) + -y (2). Perhaps in Old English but not recorded. Old English had slæpor, slæpwerig in the sense "sleepy;" slæpnes "sleepiness." Similar formation in Old High German slafag. Of places, from 1851 (Irving's Sleepy Hollow is from 1820). Sleepy-head is from 1570s. Related: Sleepily; sleepiness.

双语例句


1. She was still tired and sleepy when he woke her.
他叫醒她的时候,她仍然又累又困。

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2. All of a sudden she didn't look sleepy any more.
她突然看起来一点都不困了。

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3. Sleepy-eyed commuters were wending their way to work.
睡眼惺忪的通勤族拖着沉重的步子上班去。

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4. I was beginning to feel amazingly sleepy.
我开始感到异常困倦。

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5. I feel terribly sleepy all at once.
我突然觉得特别困。

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