“outsleep”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

outsleep

释义

outˈsleep, v.
[out- 17, 18, 16.]
1. trans. To sleep beyond (a specified time, etc.).
1590Shakes. Mids. N. v. i. 372, I feare we shall out-sleepe the comming morne, As much as we this night haue ouer⁓watcht.1814Cary Dante (Chandos) 310 [A] babe, that had outslept his wont.
2. To sleep longer than (another).
1690Shadwell Am. Bigot v, Thou wouldst outsleep the seven sleepers.
3. To sleep (a period of time, etc.) out or to an end; to sleep till or beyond the end of.
1784Cowper Task vi. 313 Where on his bed of wool and matted leaves He has outslept the winter.1862Mrs. Malcolm tr. Freytag's Pict. Germ. Life I. 172 When he had outslept his drunkenness he roused himself.1871–4J. Thomson City Dreadf. Nt. xiii. ii, He would outsleep another term of care.

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