| 释义 |
ˈsleep-walk, v.
[Back-formation f. sleep-walking vbl. n. and ppl. a.]
intr. To walk while asleep; to be in a state resembling that of a sleep-walker. Also fig.
1923in Englische Studien (1935) LXX. 119 The heroine sleep-walks. 1954Gramophone XXXI. 445 She sleep⁓walks noisily, but with dramatic vigour. 1976E. O'Brien in New Yorker 16 Aug. 30/1 Every night Mrs. Reinhardt sleepwalked. 1981I. McEwan Comfort of Strangers i. 18 She sleepwalked from moment to moment, and whole months slipped by without memory, without bearing the faintest imprint of her conscious will. 1982Daily Tel. 21 Dec. 4/6 Mr Reagan..accused Congress of ‘sleep⁓walking’ into the future. |