单词 | fast asleep |
释义 | > as lemmasfast asleep (a) fast asleep: sleeping soundly; in or into a deep sleep. See also sense A. 5a.In this phrase fast seems to have originally been an adjective modified by asleep, etc., but is now it is usually interpreted as an adverb modifying the other element. ΚΠ c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) l. 635 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 124 Oþur Men weren faste a-slepe. a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) (1988) 142 When þey ben in here logginges faste on slepe. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1762/1 The olde Byshop..was fast a sleepe. 1654 Mercurius Fumigosus 4–11 Oct. 170 She had over-wearyed her self with play, and so had fallen fast asleep with his Trap-stick in her hand. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 152 In half an hour, I was fast asleep in bed. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) viii. 75 The fat boy, for once, had not been fast asleep. 1924 Humorist 5 Jan. 583/2 Before he could say ‘Jack Robinson’..the elephant sprang into the basket and fell fast asleep. 2015 P. Hawkins Girl on Train 108 The baby wasn't crying, she was fast asleep in her carrycot. < as lemmas |
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