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

• 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。
• At the sleeper center, negative bending moment static test, on3 sleepers.
  在枕木中心，负弯矩静态试验，共3个枕木。
• But short sleepers may suffer other bad effects.
  但是，睡眠不足的人可能会受到其他的不良影响。
• After three months, we found some railway sleepers and my uncle brought us a tarpaulin.
  三个月后，我们发现了一些铁路枕木，我叔叔也给我们弄来一些油布。
• 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。
• I'm sorry, hard sleepers are sold out and we just have soft sleepers left.
  对不起，硬卧没有了，只有软卧了。
• Install movement stoppers over the sleepers.
  在轨枕上安装阻动塞。
• 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。
• P-TEC provides sleepers for various systems and rail fastenings.
  TEC可以提供各种轨枕及轨道紧固件。
• 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。