c. 1300, past participle adjective from sleep (v.). Sleeping-pill is from 1660s; sleeping-bag is from 1850; sleeping sickness as a specific African tropical disease is first recorded 1875; sleeping has been used since late 14c. for diseases marked by morbid conditions. Sleeping Beauty (1729) is Perrault's La belle au bois dormant.
It is ill wakyng of a sleapyng dogge. [Heywood, 1562]
It is nought good a slepyng hound to wake. [Chaucer, c. 1385]
雙語例句
1. On the top floor we have sleeping quarters for women and children.
我們在頂樓有供女人和孩子睡覺的地方。
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2. They had been up all night and were sleeping it off.
他們前一天整夜未眠，所以這時正在補覺。
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3. They are sleeping in the carpenter's shop directly above.
他們正在正上方的木匠鋪子里睡覺。
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4. Many are sleeping in the open because they have no shelter.
很多人因為沒有棲身之所，只好露宿在外。
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5. It is never a good idea to take sleeping tablets regularly.