sleepy

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The gum that builds up in the eye; sleep, gound. in-plural,informal,uncountable
    — "Did he always leave the sleepy in his eyes?" "Never removed it; let it build up in the comers of his eyes over the weeks until it was heavy enough to fall […]
  2. Shingleback. Australia,countable,uncountable
形容词 adj.
  1. Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
    — She wak'd her sleepy crew.
  2. Suggesting tiredness.
    — At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision.
  3. Tending to induce sleep.
    — a sleepy drink or potion
  4. Dull; lazy. figuratively
    — 'Tis not sleepy business; But must be looked to speedily and strongly.
  5. Quiet; without bustle or activity. figuratively
    — a sleepy English village

词形变化

sleepier comparative sleepiest superlative sleeby alternative sleepies plural

词汇关系

近义词
adrowse bedroomy dozy dopey dragging one's tail drowsy eyelids at half-mast nodding off oscitant out of steam sleepbound sleepish sleepy slombry snoozy slumberful slumberous slumbersome slumbery somniculous somnolent somnolescent tired
反义词
nonsleepy unsleepy
下位词
hypersomnolent nappish narcotised narcotized poppied sleepful yawning
衍生词
eep eepy nonsleepy sleepily sleepiness sleepy-bye sleepy-byes sleepy catchfly sleepy cod sleepy crab sleepy distemper sleepy dust sleepy-dust sleepy goby sleepy head sleepyhead Sleepy Hollow Sleepy Joe sleepy lizard sleepy sand sleepy sickness sleepytime sleepy underwing unsleepy
相关词
sleep

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *slēpaz
Proto-West Germanic *slāp
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Proto-West Germanic *slāpag
Old English *slǣpiġ
Middle English slepy
English sleepy
From Middle English slepy, from Old English *slǣpiġ (attested in unslǣpiġ (“sleepless”)), from Proto-West Germanic *slāpag (“sleepy”), equivalent to sleep + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian släipich (“sleepy”), West Frisian sliepich (“sleepy”), dialectal Dutch slapig, slepig (“sleepy”), German Low German slapig, släpig, slöpig (“sleepy”), archaic German schlafig (“sleepy”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *slēpaz
Proto-West Germanic *slāp
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Proto-West Germanic *slāpag
Old English *slǣpiġ
Middle English slepy
English sleepy
From Middle English slepy, from Old English *slǣpiġ (attested in unslǣpiġ (“sleepless”)), from Proto-West Germanic *slāpag (“sleepy”), equivalent to sleep + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian släipich (“sleepy”), West Frisian sliepich (“sleepy”), dialectal Dutch slapig, slepig (“sleepy”), German Low German slapig, släpig, slöpig (“sleepy”), archaic German schlafig (“sleepy”).
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