Tra từ sleeper - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. a rester who is sleeping (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
slumberer
• Derivationally related forms:
slumber (for: slumberer), sleep
• Hypernyms:
rester
• Hyponyms:
dreamer, Rip van Winkle, sleeping beauty, sleepwalker, somnambulist,
noctambulist, snorer, somniloquist
2. a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal
• Topics:
terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act
• Hypernyms:
spy, undercover agent, saboteur, wrecker, diversionist, terrorist
• Member Holonyms:
sleeper nest
3. an unexpected achiever of success
- the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it
• Hypernyms:
achiever, winner, success, succeeder
4. one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
- the British call a railroad tie a sleeper
• Syn:
tie, railroad tie, crosstie
• Hypernyms:
brace, bracing
• Part Holonyms:
railroad track, railroad, railway
5. a passenger car that has berths for sleeping
• Syn:
sleeping car, wagon-lit
• Derivationally related forms:
sleep
• Hypernyms:
passenger car, coach, carriage
• Part Meronyms:
drawing room, roomette
6. pajamas with feet;
worn by children
• Hypernyms:
pajama, pyjama, pj's, jammies
7. a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed
• Derivationally related forms:
sleep
• Hypernyms:
furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture
8. tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
• Syn:
sleeper goby
• Hypernyms:
percoid fish, percoid, percoidean
• Member Holonyms:
Eleotridae, family Eleotridae
9. an unexpected hit
- that movie was the sleeper of the summer
• Usage Domain:
trope, figure of speech, figure, image
• Hypernyms:
hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang