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单词 shut-eye
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shut-eyen.

Etymology: < shut v. + eye n.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshut-eye.
colloquial.
Sleep; sleeping.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun]
sleepc825
swevenOE
swevetOE
repasta1382
slumberc1386
lib1665
the land of Nod1738
balmy1841
shut-eye1899
beddy-byes1906
dreamland1912
sleepy-bye1925
sack drill1946
sack duty1954
zed1973
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > asleep
sleepingc1374
sleeper1530
slumbered1590
dormant1623
dormient1643
reposing1655
dormitory1797
shut-eye1899
flaked (out)1942
1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 217 (heading) The shut-eye sentry.]
1899 Navy & Army Illustr. 9 Dec. 307 The remainder of the dinner hour..is spent in smoking and perhaps dozing (a little shut-eye).
1919 ‘B. Cable’ Old Contemptibles 76 That shut-eye done me good.
1923 C. E. Montague Fiery Particles 174 ‘We'll go to-morrow,’ I said. ‘A bit of shut-eye for me now.’
1926 K. S. Prichard Working Bullocks iv Red rose from the fire and stretched, yawning... ‘How's it for a bit of shut eye?’
1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. i. iv. 113 I could do with a bit of shut-eye and a drink and a bite of something.
1936 A. Huxley Eyeless in Gaza xxiv. 346 Time for your spot of shut-eye.
1942 ‘M. Innes’ Daffodil Affair ii. 68 Or game of cards... After a long party nothing like a hand or two before shut-eye.
1958 ‘J. Castle’ & A. Hailey Flight into Danger i. 25 Goodnight... I can sure use some shut-eye.
1977 Time 31 Jan. 6/1 Air Force Two indeed came equipped with a place to catch up on shut-eye between stops. ‘Can you sleep on a plane?’ asked Ford. Said Mondale, ‘I'm going to find out’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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