sleepers

英 [ˈsliːpəz]

美 [ˈslipərz]

n.  睡得…的人; 睡觉者; 睡眠者; 卧铺列车
sleeper的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 睡觉…者;睡眠…的人
  You can usesleeperto indicate how well someone sleeps. For example, if someone is a lightsleeper, they are easily woken up.
  1. I'm a very light sleeper and I can hardly get any sleep at all...
     我睡觉很轻，几乎就没睡着。
  2. Poor sleepers take longer to fall asleep than good sleepers.
     与睡眠好的人相比，睡眠不好的人要花更长的时间才能入睡。
• (英国英语的)卧铺车厢,卧铺铺位（在美国英语中，sleeping car 指卧铺车厢，roomette 则指一个卧铺的铺位)
  In British English, asleeperis a carriage on a train containing beds for passengers to sleep in at night, or a section of such a carriage. The usual American words aresleeping carfor the carriage androomettefor the section.
• 卧铺列车
  Asleeperis a train with beds for its passengers to sleep in at night.
• (铁路上的)枕木
  Railwaysleepersare large heavy beams that support the rails of a railway track.

in AM, use 美国英语用 ties


• N-COUNT 出乎意料的成功者;爆冷门的人(或事物)
  If you describe someone or something as asleeper, you mean that they unexpectedly become successful, often after a long period of being inactive or unknown.
  1. ...Menno Meyjes, a young Dutch writer, who had had his first success with the sleeper 'The Children's Crusade'.
     凭借着《童子军》的意外走红而首尝成功的年轻荷兰作家——曼诺·梅耶斯

双语例句

• Anarchic sleepers fail to conform to convention regarding the proper time and place for sleep.
  无法无天的睡眠者无法遵照传统，在适切的时间与地点睡觉。
• Connection of sleepers and plate pads shall be screw-type.
  枕木和衬垫的组合应为套件的形式。
• Where possible piping shall be grouped and run on sleepers for ease of supporting.
  可能时，应将管道编组，在枕木上运行，以便支承。
• Good news for restless sleepers& researchers at the University of California tell us that kidney stones could be caused by sleeping too long in one position.
  对在睡眠中不太安稳的人来说，这是个好消息：加利福尼亚大学的研究者告诉我们，长时间保持一个睡眠姿势可能会导致肾结石。
• Sleepers are most likely to remember nightmares and bad dreams if they wake up during them.
  如果睡觉的人半夜里在噩梦中醒来，他们很可能记住噩梦的内容。
• They recruited 12 healthy males, all good sleepers.
  于是他们招募了12名睡眠良好的健康男性。
• We don't let people starve to death in Hong Kong, we have less than 600 street sleepers.
  香港绝不允许有人饿死街头，这里只有不到600名流浪者。
• Avoid unnecessary handling, reloading, and redistribution of the sleepers.
  避免轨枕不必要的搬运、重装和再分配。
• The diagnosis is REM behaviour disorder, a condition that can lead sleepers to injure themselves and partners.
  巴德雷教授的诊断是，韦布出现了快速动眼运动障碍，这种障碍可能使睡眠者伤害他们自己或伴侣。
• Why do not you make tracks for the train home sleepers it?
  你们为什么不为家乡的火车轨道做枕木呢？