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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

睡眠 [shuìmián]
  1. 1. noun sleep

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

睡眠 [shuìmián]
  1. 1. sleep
    睡眠不足
    not have enough sleep

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

睡眠 [shuìmián]
  1. 1. 一种与醒交替出现的机能状态,是抑制过程在大脑皮质中逐渐扩散的生理现象。体力和脑力在睡眠中能得到恢复。人和高等动物都有周期性进入睡眠的需要。
  2. 2. 进入睡眠状态
    通常每天睡眠8小时。

Examples

扰乱睡眠
disturb sb.'s sleep
由于睡眠不足,他两眼布满血丝。
His eyes are bloodshot because of lack of sleep.
你不能因为睡眠不好就滥用安眠药。
Because you have difficulty sleeping it doesn't mean you can overdose on sleeping pills.
睡眠疗法对于他的病很有效,医生决定继续用这种方法对他进行治疗。
Sleep treatment is very effective for his disease, so the doctor decided to go on using it to treat him.
戴眼罩睡觉可以提高睡眠质量。
Wearing an eye-patch when you are asleep can improve sleeping quality.
缺乏睡眠对身体有坏处。
It's bad for you not to get enough sleep.
她头痛是由睡眠不足引起的。
Her headache is due to lack of sleep.
睡眠
睡眠不好,甚而至于彻夜不能合眼。

Word Decomposition


[shuì]
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[mián]

nciku Note

睡眠 and 睡觉

睡眠 and 睡觉
shuìmián and shuìjiào

睡眠 is a noun and is more formal; 睡觉 is a verb-object phrase and is much more-commonlyused.
(1) 人每天的睡眠时间应该是八个小时左右。
(2) 和牛奶有助于睡眠
(3) 他睡眠质量一直不太好,经常失眠。
(4) 他睡觉时爱说梦话。
(5) 他在火车上了一

“睡眠”是名词,有书面语意味;“睡觉”是动宾短语,是口语中常用的。

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