shut-eye
英 ['ʃʌt,ai]
美
- n. 睡眠；人事不省
考试真题
- If the most health-conscious among us have such deep swings in our shut-eye levels throughout the year, how much sleep are the rest of us losing?
2015年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C
- Some 40% of Americans get less than seven hours of shut-eye on weeknights.
2016年6月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C
- It's no surprise, then, that more than half of American adults don't get the 7 to 9 hours of shut-eye every night as recommended by sleep experts.
2015年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A
实用场景例句
- Go home and get some shut-eye.
- 回家睡一会儿。
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双语例句
- 1. Burke cast a cursory glance at the menu, then flapped it shut.
- 伯克匆匆地瞥了一眼菜单，然后啪地合上了。
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- 2. I let myself out into the street and pulled the door shut.
- 我出门上街并拉上了门。
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- 3. The envelope has been tampered with and then taped shut again.
- 信封被人动过手脚，然后又用胶带封上了。
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- 4. "I shut him out of the bedroom," says Maureen.
- “我把他关在了卧室外面，”莫琳说。
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- 5. If you keep your eyes squeezed shut, you'llmiss the show.
- 如果一直紧闭双眼，你就要错过精彩的表演了。
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英文词源
- shut-eye (n.)
- colloquial for "sleep," 1899, from shut (v.) + eye (n.). Hans Christian Andersen's "Ole Shut-eye," about a being who makes children sleepy, came out 1842; "The Shut-Eye Train" popular children's poem by Eugene Field, is from 1896.