shut-eye

英 [ˈʃʌt aɪ]

美 [ˈʃʌt aɪ]

n.  睡眠

牛津词典

noun

• 睡眠
  sleep

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 合眼;睡觉
  Shut-eyeis sleep.
  1. Go home and get some shut-eye.
     回家睡一会儿。

双语例句

• But these days there is another cause that makes her almost as evangelical: sleep. In particular, Huffington thinks that shut-eye is now a crucial feminist issue, because many women are so exhausted they cannot function properly.
  近期她的另一项活动几乎可以用福音来形容&允许员工在办公室小憩。赫芬顿认为，睡眠现已成为一个至关重要的女性问题，因为许多女性过于疲劳以致于无法正常工作。
• Married women may be more susceptible to the damaging relationship effects of insufficient shut-eye than their husbands, said a 2011 study funded by the National Institutes of Health.
  国家健康机构2011年的研究发现已婚妇女在睡眠不足的情况下似乎会对丈夫更加怀疑，对关系造成严重危害。
• He used to get some shut-eye before the game.
  他以往常常在比赛前睡一会儿。
• Women who fail to get enough shut-eye each night risk gaining weight, a Cleveland-based researcher reported.
  克利夫兰研究人员说，在夜间缺乏睡眠的女人很有可能增加体重。
• But long hours and less shut-eye can play havoc with your health, causing everything from irritability to illness as our immune system struggles to cope with the overload.
  但长时间不休息会损害你的健康。由于你的免疫系统在超负荷工作，你会感到烦躁甚至会生病。
• These towering beasts look like they need a comfy mattress but shut-eye's not a giraffe's biggest concern.
  长得像塔一样的长颈鹿看起来很需要一张舒服的床垫，不过睡觉不是长颈鹿要操心的大事。
• We finally got some shut-eye after midnight.
  午夜过后我们总算睡了一会儿。
• So they told me to go home and get a little shut-eye.
  所以他们让我回来睡一觉。
• Rather than being tired, bad-tempered under-achievers, they are an energetic, outgoing and optimistic group who can happily and healthily get by on just four or five hours of shut-eye a night.
  虽然睡眠时间短，但他们精力充沛、外向活泼、乐观向上，而不是疲惫而且脾气坏的后进生。他们每晚只睡四到五个小时，却过得快乐健康。
• These meds induce sleep and may help a person get seven to eight hours of shut-eye, but generally should not be taken longer than seven to10 days and may have side effects.
  人吃了这些药后昏昏欲睡，闭上眼即可睡上7、8个小时，但一般来说，连吃7-10天这种药也会有副作用，故不可长期服用。