/əˈsli:p ||; əˈslip/adj
(not before a noun 不用于名词前) not awake; sleeping 睡着:
The baby is fast/sound asleep.婴儿睡得很熟。It didn't take me long to fall asleep last night.昨晚我很快就睡着了。Notice that you can only use asleep after the noun. Sleeping can be used before the noun. a sleeping childasleep 只用于名词之后。sleeping 则可以用于名词之前:a sleeping child 睡着的孩子 Look at the note at sleep ². 参看 sleep^2 的注释。
asleep/əˋslip; əˈsliːp/adj [not before noun 不用于名词前] sleeping [ awake ] 睡着的: Quiet! The baby's asleep. 小声点!宝宝睡着了。fast/sound asleep (=sleeping very deeply) 睡得很熟﹐沉睡I fell asleep (=started sleeping) in front of the fire. 我在炉火前睡着了。I was half asleep (=very tired) by the time we got home. 我们到家时﹐我都快睡着了。
asleepadjectivesleeping: The baby is asleep in the bedroom. He fell asleep (= started sleeping) in front of the fire.oppositeawakewhich word?Asleep or sleeping? We usually say someone is asleep, not sleeping. We use go to sleep or fall asleep to talk about starting to sleep: • Laura fell asleep as soon as she got into bed. • Tom read for half an hour before he went to sleep. You use sleeping, not asleep, before a noun: • She put the sleeping child in his cot.