fall asleep

英语

动词

fall asleep (第三人称单数简单现在时 falls asleep，现在分词 falling asleep，过去式 fell asleep，过去分词 fallen asleep)

1. 睡着，入睡
   • 1914, Louis Joseph Vance, 章号 II, 出自 Nobody, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, 出版于 1915, →OCLC:

     She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realising that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.

2. (比喻义) 麻木，麻痹

   My left leg has fallen asleep!

   我的左腿麻了！

3. (诗歌，委婉) 去世 (常见于墓碑上)
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 7:60:

     And he kneeled downe, and cried with a loud voice, Lord lay not this sinne to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleepe. And Saul was consenting vnto his death.

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同义词

• (睡着，入睡)： drift off, drop off, go to sleep, nod off
• (去世)： pass, pass away, pass over

反义词

• (睡着，入睡)： awake, awaken, wake, wake up

参见

• put to sleep