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词汇 sleepless
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Definition of sleepless in English:

sleepless

adjective ˈsliːpləsˈslipləs
  • 1Characterized by or experiencing lack of sleep.

    失眠的

    another sleepless night

    又一个不眠之夜。

    Lisa lay sleepless

    利莎躺着睡不着。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I've worked really long hours, missed lunch breaks, and had several sleepless nights.
    • I have until Friday at 12 to get it done, which means working all day today and tomorrow and possibly having a couple of sleepless nights.
    • Hours of stress, sleepless nights and the worry alone couldn't be good for anyone.
    • She's still experiencing sleepless nights and cries at the drop of a hat.
    • But the nights were still filled with sleepless hours - for all of us.
    • It's not going to be easy; it'll be a year of hard work and disillusionment, of sleepless nights and endless days.
    • The levels of adrenaline and endorphins remain high and can cause a feeling of restlessness and even a sleepless night.
    • Once back in the office they find themselves trapped in a cycle of long hours and sleepless nights.
    • One lady blamed the library for her sleepless nights, claiming once she has borrowed a good book she stays up all night till she finishes it.
    • You don't necessarily have to live with the sleepless nights of insomnia.
    • Lights that have caused residents in Horwich to suffer sleepless nights for the past year are to be allowed to stay, a government inspector has ruled.
    • Every night he went home alone and spent many sleepless hours lying on his bed, waiting for the day he could be with her.
    • She spent an anxious and sleepless night made worse by twenty-four hours without food.
    • I've never had a sleepless night in my life and will easily sleep 12 hours.
    • It is the stuff of anxious days and sleepless nights.
    • The answer comes to us after much soul searching and many sleepless nights.
    • They will blame the policemen's lack of diet consciousness, sleepless nights, and reckless food habits.
    • He actually had some sleepless nights as he went on checking the alertness of the security personnel drafted for the exhibition.
    • Manolo, the horseman, haggard after twelve hours in the saddle and a sleepless night, reached out to shake me fully awake.
    • And on the occasions when a pill was mistakenly forgotten, were all the sleepless nights that followed nothing but a hollow joke?
    Synonyms
    wakeful, restless, disturbed, without sleep
    awake, wide awake, unsleeping, tossing and turning
    insomniac
    archaic watchful
    rare insomnolent
    1. 1.1literary Continually active or moving.
      〈主诗/文〉活跃的,不停的
      the sleepless river

      川流不息的河流。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The traffic of the great city went on in the deepening night upon the sleepless river.

Derivatives

  • sleeplessly

  • adverbˈsliːpləsliˈslipləsli
    • A neighbor at that time became the one who insistently and sleeplessly watched you.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I am properly, really, tearfully, sleeplessly frightened for my children.
      • The next two days were a blur for Mitch, trudging sleeplessly between the hospital and the bar.
      • Loud screams and soft sobs are heard as they roll sleeplessly on the mats spread on the floor of the school that has been converted into the relief camp.
      • The next morning, Kevin found Adam, sleeplessly staring out the window.

Definition of sleepless in US English:

sleepless

adjectiveˈslipləsˈslēpləs
  • 1Characterized by or experiencing lack of sleep.

    失眠的

    another sleepless night

    又一个不眠之夜。

    Lisa lay sleepless

    利莎躺着睡不着。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I have until Friday at 12 to get it done, which means working all day today and tomorrow and possibly having a couple of sleepless nights.
    • Lights that have caused residents in Horwich to suffer sleepless nights for the past year are to be allowed to stay, a government inspector has ruled.
    • Once back in the office they find themselves trapped in a cycle of long hours and sleepless nights.
    • You don't necessarily have to live with the sleepless nights of insomnia.
    • It is the stuff of anxious days and sleepless nights.
    • The levels of adrenaline and endorphins remain high and can cause a feeling of restlessness and even a sleepless night.
    • She spent an anxious and sleepless night made worse by twenty-four hours without food.
    • He actually had some sleepless nights as he went on checking the alertness of the security personnel drafted for the exhibition.
    • She's still experiencing sleepless nights and cries at the drop of a hat.
    • It's not going to be easy; it'll be a year of hard work and disillusionment, of sleepless nights and endless days.
    • Manolo, the horseman, haggard after twelve hours in the saddle and a sleepless night, reached out to shake me fully awake.
    • But the nights were still filled with sleepless hours - for all of us.
    • They will blame the policemen's lack of diet consciousness, sleepless nights, and reckless food habits.
    • Every night he went home alone and spent many sleepless hours lying on his bed, waiting for the day he could be with her.
    • I've never had a sleepless night in my life and will easily sleep 12 hours.
    • Hours of stress, sleepless nights and the worry alone couldn't be good for anyone.
    • The answer comes to us after much soul searching and many sleepless nights.
    • One lady blamed the library for her sleepless nights, claiming once she has borrowed a good book she stays up all night till she finishes it.
    • And on the occasions when a pill was mistakenly forgotten, were all the sleepless nights that followed nothing but a hollow joke?
    • I've worked really long hours, missed lunch breaks, and had several sleepless nights.
    Synonyms
    wakeful, restless, disturbed, without sleep
    1. 1.1literary Continually active or moving.
      〈主诗/文〉活跃的,不停的
      the sleepless river

      川流不息的河流。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The traffic of the great city went on in the deepening night upon the sleepless river.
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