sleep rough

动词 v.
/ˌsliːp ˈɹʌf/    /ˌslip ˈɹʌf/|/ˌsliːp ˈɹaf/|[ˌslɪip ˈɹaf]

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. Of a homeless person, to sleep outdoors, particularly as opposed to sleeping in a shelter or similar. idiomatic
    — I will warrant they prove such roaring boys as I knew when I served under Lumford and Goring, [...] —sleeping rough on the trenches, and dying stubbornly in their boats. Ah! those merry days are gone.

词形变化

sleeps rough present,singular,third-person sleeping rough participle,present slept rough participle,past slept rough past

词源

From sleep (verb) + rough (“in a rough manner, roughly”, adverb) (a reference to the uncomfortable situation of sleeping outdoors).
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