| 释义 |
asleep, adv. and pred. a.|əˈsliːp|
Forms: 2 an slep, 3 on slæpe, o slæpe, 3–5 on slepe, 4 on slope, 5–7 (occas. in 9) on sleep(e; 3 aslæpe, 3–6 aslepe, 4 aslape, 4–7 asleepe, 5 asslepe, 6– asleep.
[f. a prep.1 11 + sleep. In OE. on slǽpe occurs = in sleep; see Andreas 851.]
1. In a state of sleep, sleeping.
1154O.E. Chron. an. 1132 He lai an slep [? and slept] in scip. c1200Ormin 8352 Fand himm þanne o slæpe. 1205Lay. 1159 Heo weren on slæpe [1250 a-slepe]. 1297R. Glouc. 547 Some abedde aslepe. c1350Will. Palerne 1995 My lady lis ȝit a-slape. c1550Cheke Matt. ix. 24 This maid is not dead but on sleep. 1611Bible Matt. viii. 24 But he was asleepe. 1855Bain Senses & Int. i. ii. §18 No voluntary movement is sustained when we are asleep.
b. fig. In a state of sloth, inactivity, or quiescence; at rest; dormant, inactive, idle.
1590Swinburn Testaments 280 The legacie not to be asleepe..but to be quite dead and extinguished. 1596Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, iv. iii. 22 Their pride and mettall is asleepe. 1677A. Yarranton England's Impr. 63 The greatest part of the Iron-works are asleep. 1775Harris Philos. Arrangem. (1841) 375 When sense and appetite are asleep. 1819Byron Juan i. cxlv, During this inquisition Julia's tongue Was not asleep.
2. Into a state of sleep; esp, in the phrases to fall asleep, lull asleep, lay (bring obs.) asleep.
a1300Cursor M. 7428 Þe king he sal gar fall o-slepe. c1450Merlin xii. 181 A-noon after she fill on slepe. 1588Shakes. Tit. A. ii. iii. 29 A Nurses Song Of Lullabie, to bring her Babe asleepe. c1640Milton L'Allegro 116 By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. 1879Tennyson Lover's T. 16 They fall asleep Into delicious dreams.
b. fig. Into a state of inactivity or quiescence.
1545Compline in Primer, That we in sin fall not on sleepe. 1608Hieron Wks. I. 706 Lulled a sleep in the common security of the times. 1659Burton Diary (1828) IV. 348 The sense of the House was, that he should not speak..Mr. Jenkinson moved the same, and so it fell asleep. 1777Watson Philip II (1793) I. viii. 292 Their apprehensions were laid asleep. 1871M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. III. ii. 64 Don't fall asleep about this affair.
3. fig. In (or into) the sleep of death; dead.
1297R. Glouc. 279 Kyng Edred nou aslepe in oure Louerd is. 1526Tindale 1 Cor. xv. 18 They which are fallen a slepe in Christ. 1611Bible Acts xiii. 36 David..fell on sleepe and was laide vnto his fathers. 1875B. Taylor Faust I. xx. 175 Thy mother's soul That fell asleep to long, long torment.
4. transf. Of the limbs: In (or into) a state of numbness caused by continued pressure; benumbed, numb. Formerly also = Stunned.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. iii. xxi. (1495) 68 Whan a lymme is a slepe. 1547Boorde Brev. Health §336 Stounynge of a membre of a man..He wyll saye ‘my legge or myne armes is a slepe.’ 1626Bacon Sylva §735 Leaning long upon any part maketh it numme, and, as we call it, asleepe. 1767Brooke Fool of Qual. (1859) I. 82 (D.) She..gave Susy such a douse on the side of the head as left her fast asleep for an hour and upward. 1879Carpenter Mental Phys. i. ii. §41 Numbness, or diminution of Sensibility..(the hand or foot being ‘asleep’).
5. Naut. ‘The sail filled with wind just enough for swelling or bellying out,—as contrasted with its flapping.’ Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 1867. |
