| 单词 | a wink of sleep |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(not) a wink of sleep b. (not) to sleep a or one wink, (not) a wink of sleep, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > be or remain awake [verb (intransitive)] > be wakeful or sleepless (not) to sleep a or one wink1303 to close an eye1580 vigilate1774 not to bat an eye, eyelid1889 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > an instance or period of > short or light sloomOE wink1362 napa1400 slumber1488 dog's sleep1560 dogsleep1674 (not) a wink of sleep1682 doze1731 snooze1793 snatch1820 forty winks1828 eyeful1860 snoose1912 caulk1917 zizz1941 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 9146 Þey..Ne mete ete, ne drank drynke, Ne slepte onely a-lepy wynke. c1325 Metr. Hom. 79 That might he nouther ete ne drink, Ne have night rest, ne slepe no wynk. ?1507 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 89 This night I myght not sleip a wink. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. x. 15 For neuir mair may scho sleip a wynk. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 316 (margin) Reuilus a vigilaunte consul, for ne neuer slept wynke in his consulship. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. iv. 100 Since I receiu'd command to do this businesse, I haue not slept one winke. View more context for this quotation 1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin ii. 22 My aking head can get no wink of Sleep! 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 167 I will go to-bed; but not one Wink, I fear, shall I get this Night. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. v. 104 Whether Mr. Quilp took any sleep by snatches of a few winks at a time. 1883 R. Broughton Belinda I. i. ix. 157 He has slept no wink all night. 1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed xiii. 246 I can't sleep a wink with you at the window. < as lemmas |
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