[ADJ 形容词]睡着的;熟睡的 Someone who is asleep is sleeping.
[v-link ADJ]
My four year-old daughter was asleep on the sofa.
我4岁的女儿在沙发上睡着了。
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[PHRASE 短语]入睡;睡着;进入梦乡 When you fall asleep, you start sleeping.
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Sam snuggled down in his pillow and fell asleep.
萨姆舒服地枕着枕头进入了梦乡。
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[PHRASE 短语]熟睡的;酣睡的 Someone who is fast asleep or sound asleep is sleeping deeply.
[v-link PHR]
They were both fast asleep in their cots...
他们俩在婴儿床上酣睡着。
Turning over, she was soon sound asleep again.
她翻了个身,很快又沉沉睡去。
Oxford
asleep★/əˈsliːp; NAmEəˈsliːp/adjective[not before noun ]sleeping 睡着◆The baby was sound asleep(= sleeping deeply)upstairs. 婴儿在楼上睡得很香。◆I waited until they were all fast asleep(= sleeping deeply).我一直等到他们都进入了梦乡。◆He was so exhausted that he fell asleepat his desk. 他太累了,竟伏在书桌上睡着了。◆She was still half asleep(= not fully awake)when she arrived at work. 她到了上班地点时仍然睡眼惺忪。◆The police found him asleep in a garage.警察发现他在车库里睡着了。OPP
awake
asleep/əˈsliːp; NAmEəˈsliːp/
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asleepa‧sleep /əˈsliːp/ ●●●S2 adjective [not before noun]
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1sleepingOPP awake: Quiet! The baby’s asleep.fast/sound asleep (=sleeping deeply)2fall asleepa)to begin to sleep: Grandad fell asleep watching TV. One in seven road accidents is caused by drivers falling asleep at the wheel (=falling asleep while driving).b) literary used to mean that someone dies, when you want to avoid saying this directly3half asleep very tired or not completely awake: Still half asleep, Jenny began to make the kids’ breakfast.4an arm or leg that is asleep has been in one position for too long, so you cannot feel it properly5asleep at the wheel/switch not paying attention to a situation, so that something bad happens: Several publishers were asleep at the switch, and missed the book’s potential. → go to sleep