单词 | fast sleeper |
释义 | > as lemmasfast sleeper c. Of sleep: deep, sound, unbroken. Of a person: in a deep sleep; = fast asleep at fast adv. and int. Phrases 1a(a). Now rare except in fixed collocations such as fast sleeper.In fast asleep and similar phrases, fast seems to have originally been an adjective modified by asleep, etc. Now it is usually interpreted as an adverb modifying the other element. Cf. fast adv. and int. Phrases 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > asleep > deeply or fast asleep fastOE sound asleep1597 dead to the world1899 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > type of sleep > deep or unbroken fastOE stronga1398 sada1425 deep1547 sound1548 unstarting1748 wakeless1824 profound1833 unawakening1846 unawaking1863 yawnless1881 OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) iii. xxxvii. 253 He geseah, þæt þa Langbearde ealle wæron on fæston slæpe [L. somno graui depressos]. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vi. xxiv. 332 Kynde slepe is aȝeinturnynge of þe spirites from depnes and fastnesse..as it farith in þe slepe of trauailinge men. In hem slepe is depe and faste. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. iv. 28 What Lady birde? Fast I warrant. What Juliet? well, let the County take you in your bed, yee sleepe for a weeke now. View more context for this quotation 1743 H. Fielding Journey from this World i. i, in Misc. II. 9 She was in a fast Sleep. 1762 S. Foote Orators ii. 39 Smoke the justice, he is as fast as a church. 1861 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe xli ‘They waked we sharp enough; but as for she! she's fast.’ 1931 Daily News (N.Y.) 26 Dec. 22 A fast sleeper. Didn't even wake up the other night when a battalion of fire engines congregated before his house with sirens and everything. 2014 @DeannaDedek 5 Jan. in twitter.com (accessed 3 Sept. 2020) I was in a fast sleep and cole fucking grabbed me by my feet and pulled me off the bed. < as lemmas |
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