sleepy

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

sleepy [sleepy sleepier sleepiest] BrE [ˈsliːpi] NAmE [ˈsliːpi] adjective (sleep·ier, sleepi·est)
1. needing sleep; ready to go to sleep
Syn: ↑drowsy
•a sleepy child
•He had begun to feel sleepy.
•The heat and the wine made her sleepy.
2. (of places)quiet and where nothing much happens
•a sleepy little town
Derived Words: ↑sleepily ▪ ↑sleepiness

Example Bank:
•She was beginning to get a little sleepy.
•The alcohol was making him sleepy.
•The town remains sleepy despite the activity all around it.
•a sleepy little fishing town
•It was a sleepy little town before it became popular with tourists.
•She kept rubbing her eyes like a sleepy child.
•The heat and the wine made him sleepy.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  sleepy-eyed, sleepyheaded