Palavra Inglês do Dia
sleep
sono
Definições
| inglês > português |
| sleep |
| 1. Substantivo. sono |
| 2. Verbo. dormir |
| inglês > inglês |
| sleep |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness. |
| You should sleep 8 hours a day. |
| 2. v. (intransitive, of a spinning top or yo-yo) To spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion. |
| When a top is sleeping, it is spinning but not precessing. |
| 3. v. To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion. |
| 4. v. To accommodate in beds. |
| This caravan can sleep up to four people. |
| 5. v. To be slumbering in (a state). |
| to sleep a dreamless sleep |
| 6. v. (intransitive) To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly. |
| 7. v. (intransitive) To be dead; to lie in the grave. |
| 8. v. (intransitive) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated; to rest; to lie dormant. |
| a question sleeps for the present; the law sleeps |
| 9. v. (computing, intransitive) To wait for a period of time without performing any action. |
| After a failed connection attempt, the program sleeps for 5 seconds before trying again. |
| 10. v. =====Troponyms===== |
| 11. v. (rest in a state of reduced consciousness) nap, doze, snooze |
| 12. n. The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm. |
| I really need some sleep. |
| We need to conduct an overnight sleep test to diagnose your sleep problem. |
| 13. n. (informal) An act or instance of sleeping. |
| I’m just going to have a quick sleep. |
| 14. n. (informal, by extension) A night. |
| There are only three sleeps till Christmas! - |
| 15. n. Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness). |
| Wipe the sleep from your eyes. |
| 16. n. A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves. |
| Synonyms: nyctinasty, nyctitropism |
| 17. n. The hibernation of animals. |
| português > inglês |
| sono |
| 1. n-m. sleep |
| 2. n-m. sleepiness |
Pronúncia
Exemplos
| Don't sleep. Não durmas. Don't let the dog sleep in our bed. Não deixe o cachorro dormir na nossa cama. I don't sleep in a bed. Eu não durmo numa cama. I couldn't sleep well last night. Não consegui dormir bem ontem à noite. I just want a little more sleep. Eu só quero dormir um pouco mais. |
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