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

• Heavy sleepers and sleep-deprived people use the alarm clock to terminate sleep unnaturally, says Dr. Dinges.
  丁格斯博士说，深度睡眠者和睡眠不足人群都在用闹钟终结睡眠，这并不合乎自然规律。
• Technical oil-treated sleepers we do not produce.
  技术油处理的枕木，我们不生产。
• Because there should construction of railways, we want to do the train track sleepers too!
  因为那里要修建铁路，我们要为火车轨道做枕木呢！
• They learned that sleepers who aren't allowed to dream lost the benefits of rest.
  他们了解到，不让做梦的睡眠者反而得不到有益的休息。
• 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？
• The soft sleepers are for 4 people and you have a door to close your compartment.
  软卧包厢可睡4个人，包厢的门可以关。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。