| 单词 | forty winks |
| 释义 | forty winks noun[plural] UKinformaluk/ˌfɔː.ti ˈwɪŋks/us/ˌfɔːr.t̬i ˈwɪŋks/ashortsleepduring theday: （白天的）打盹，小睡He usually has fortywinksgoinghomeon thetrain.他在返家的火车上通常要小睡一会儿。 Synonyms catnap nap snooze(SLEEP)informal Animal physiology: sleep & sleeping
Examplesofforty winksforty winks This unofficial holiday encourages you to catchfortywinksand enjoy the health and productivity benefits of napping. FromHuffington Post Then she announced she was going to take "fortywinks," as she had been up most of the night and needed sleep. FromProject Gutenberg Every second man was detailed to mount guard, while the remainder fought forfortywinks, then relieved guard. FromProject Gutenberg I believe it was a habit with him, for many years, thus to take "fortywinks" at the dinner-table. FromProject Gutenberg He scarcely had takenfortywinkswhen he heard a rat-tat-tatting on the rainbow window and a rap-rap-rapping on the rainbow door. FromProject Gutenberg I entered my stateroom, figuring on catchingfortywinks, and there she was, seated in my big chair, smiling at me. FromProject Gutenberg The rest of the circus men preferred to turn over for a possible "fortywinks" more. FromProject Gutenberg Now he was going to catchfortywinks. FromProject Gutenberg The men tumbled down to catchfortywinks. FromProject Gutenberg Merely taking his usualfortywinksafter dinner, which repast had consisted of four beef-stews. FromProject Gutenberg The justice was havingfortywinkswhen they entered his office. FromProject Gutenberg And in 500 days you would have got down to the classicalfortywinks. FromProject Gutenberg Something has stolen that last precious "fortywinks" away from you. FromProject Gutenberg I'm going to turn in forfortywinks. FromProject Gutenberg Yet the cool chamber into which the traveler was shown proved so restful that the "fortywinksonly" which he intended were prolonged till sunset. FromProject Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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