asleep

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

asleep [asleep] BrE [əˈsliːp] NAmE [əˈsliːp] adjective not before noun
sleeping
• The baby was sound asleep (= sleeping deeply) upstairs.
• I waited until they were all fast asleep (= sleeping deeply).
•He was so exhausted that he fell asleep at his desk.
•She was still half asleep (= not fully awake) when she arrived at work.
•The police found him asleep in a garage.
Opp: ↑awake

Example Bank:
•At the end of the afternoon they were exhausted and half asleep.
•I fell asleep almost immediately.
•The baby lay peacefully asleep in its cradle.
•The children were all sound asleep in bed.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  asleep(p), at peace(p), at rest(p), deceased, departed, gone, benumbed, numb