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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

沉睡 [chénshuì]
  1. 1. verb be fast asleep

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

沉睡 [chénshuì]
  1. 1. be sunk in sleep; be fast asleep; be sound asleep

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

沉睡 [chénshuì]
  1. 1. 熟睡
    婴儿正安然沉睡◇开发沉睡了亿万年的宝藏

Examples

惨厉的叫声惊醒了沉睡中的人们。
The miserable shouting woke people from their sleep.
She gazed at his slumbering form.
她注视着他沉睡时的体态。
The mountain is said to be a sleepy giant in the legend of the local people.
当地人传说,这座山是一个沉睡的巨人。
Everything is asleep, under a spell of enchantment.
在一阵魔咒声中,一切都沉睡了。
A very long time later I woke from a deep sleep.
过了很长一段时间,我从沉睡中醒来。

Collocations

沉睡的婴儿
a baby who is fast asleep
沉睡不醒
sleep like a log
静静地沉睡
sleep quietly
沉睡数百年
sleep for hundreds of years
沉睡海底
sleep on the seabed

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