asleep
adjective/əˈsliːp/
[not before noun]Слово англійською: asleep
Переклад asleep українською: спля́чий
Детальний опис
- sleeping
- I waited until they were all fast asleep (= sleeping deeply).
- The baby was sound asleep (= sleeping deeply) upstairs.
- He was so exhausted that he fell asleep at his desk.
- My mother fell asleep at the wheel (= while driving) and crashed into a tree.
- She was still half asleep (= not fully awake) when she arrived at work.
- The police found him asleep in a garage.
- used to describe a part of the body that has no feeling in it, usually because it has been in the same position for too long synonym numb
- I couldn't move straight away, as my leg was completely asleep.
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Idioms
asleep on the job | asleep at the wheel
(North American English also asleep at the switch)
- not paying enough attention to what you need to do
- They were asleep on the job as the financial crisis deepened.
- Let's hope the regulators are not asleep at the wheel.
- Somebody must have been asleep at the switch to allow this to happen.