asleep
US: /əˈsɫip/
UK: /ɐslˈiːp/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
asleep /ə'sli:p/- phó từ & tính từ
- ngủ, đang ngủ
- to fall asleep: ngủ thiếp đi
- to be asleep: ngủ, đang ngủ
- tê cóng, tê bại (chân tay)
- quay tít (con cù)
- ngủ, đang ngủ
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective[not before noun] sleeping: The baby was sound asleep (= sleeping deeply) upstairs. + I waited until they were all fast asleep (= sleeping deeply). + He was so exhausted that he fell asleep at his desk. + She was still half asleep (= not fully awake) when she arrived at work. + The police found him asleep in a garage.
Idioms see SOUND adv.
Collocation
VERBS
be, lie, seem
The baby lay peacefully asleep in its pram. All the houses seemed asleep.
| drop, fall
I fell asleep almost immediately.
| remain, stay
ADV.
deeply, fast, heavily, sound
The children were all sound asleep in bed.
| almost, half, nearly
At the end of the afternoon they were exhausted and half asleep.
| peacefully | still
Concise dictionary
ə'sliːpadj.
+in a state of sleep
+lacking sensation
+dead
adv.
+into a sleeping state
+in the sleep of death
