sleepers

英 [ˈsliːpəz]

美 [ˈslipərz]

n.  睡得…的人; 睡觉者; 睡眠者; 卧铺列车
sleeper的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 睡觉…者;睡眠…的人
  You can usesleeperto indicate how well someone sleeps. For example, if someone is a lightsleeper, they are easily woken up.
  1. I'm a very light sleeper and I can hardly get any sleep at all...
     我睡觉很轻，几乎就没睡着。
  2. Poor sleepers take longer to fall asleep than good sleepers.
     与睡眠好的人相比，睡眠不好的人要花更长的时间才能入睡。
• (英国英语的)卧铺车厢,卧铺铺位（在美国英语中，sleeping car 指卧铺车厢，roomette 则指一个卧铺的铺位)
  In British English, asleeperis a carriage on a train containing beds for passengers to sleep in at night, or a section of such a carriage. The usual American words aresleeping carfor the carriage androomettefor the section.
• 卧铺列车
  Asleeperis a train with beds for its passengers to sleep in at night.
• (铁路上的)枕木
  Railwaysleepersare large heavy beams that support the rails of a railway track.

in AM, use 美国英语用 ties


• N-COUNT 出乎意料的成功者;爆冷门的人(或事物)
  If you describe someone or something as asleeper, you mean that they unexpectedly become successful, often after a long period of being inactive or unknown.
  1. ...Menno Meyjes, a young Dutch writer, who had had his first success with the sleeper 'The Children's Crusade'.
     凭借着《童子军》的意外走红而首尝成功的年轻荷兰作家——曼诺·梅耶斯

双语例句

• Any displaced sleepers shall be repositioned and refixed to the rail with a perfect squaring.
  任何已移位的轨枕均应完全平正地再定位和再固定于钢轨上。
• Where possible piping shall be grouped and run on sleepers for ease of supporting.
  可能时，应将管道编组，在枕木上运行，以便支承。
• I'm sorry, hard sleepers are sold out and we just have soft sleepers left.
  对不起，硬卧没有了，只有软卧了。
• Avoid unnecessary handling, reloading, and redistribution of the sleepers.
  避免轨枕不必要的搬运、重装和再分配。
• I'd like two hard sleepers to Beijing tomorrow.
  我要买两张明天到北京的火车票，硬卧。
• P-TEC provides sleepers for various systems and rail fastenings.
  TEC可以提供各种轨枕及轨道紧固件。
• Trains are fun. Children love them, especially the overnight sleepers.
  火车充满趣味，深受孩子们喜爱，特别是那些夕发朝至的卧铺列车。
• Poor sleepers take longer to fall asleep than good sleepers.
  与睡眠好的人相比，睡眠不好的人要花更长的时间才能入睡。
• Install movement stoppers over the sleepers.
  在轨枕上安装阻动塞。
• They recruited 12 healthy males, all good sleepers.
  于是他们招募了12名睡眠良好的健康男性。