单词 | sleep-in |
释义 | sleep-inn.adj. A. n. 1. [-in suffix3.] A form of protest in which the participants sleep overnight in premises which they have occupied. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [noun] > demonstration > types of demonstration or protest counterprotest1595 student demonstration1856 lie-in1867 rent strike1881 hunger strike1889 march1908 protest march1914 occupation1920 lie-down1936 sit-down1936 sit-in1936 freedom march1947 vigil1956 freedom walk1957 swim-in1960 freedom ride1961 sitting in1961 sleep-out1961 fish-in1964 live-in1964 stall-in1964 sleep-in1965 Long March1967 love-in1967 talk-in1967 write-in1967 die-in1970 dirty protest1979 blanket protest1982 1965 N.Y. Times 28 Mar. 2E/8 There have been sit-ins, lie-ins, stand-ins, eat-ins, shop-ins, sleep-ins, swim-ins, and sing-ins. 1971 Guardian 28 Sept. 15/3 A student sleep-in began last night. 2. [ < verbal phrase to sleep in : see sense sleep v. 1g of the verb.] An act of sleeping later than usual, a lie-in. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > action, fact, or state of sleeping or falling asleep > other spec. oversleeping1852 Rip Van Winkledom1892 sleep-in1977 couch surfing1994 1977 P. G. Winslow Witch Hill Murder ii. 67 Those bells do make the damnedest racket. Nobody..can have a sleep-in on Sunday. B. adj. [sleep v. 1g] Of a person: that sleeps on the premises, resident. Of a place: at which one stays overnight, residential. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > dwelling on premises live-in1934 living-in1955 sleep-in1961 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [adjective] > place to sleep sleep-in1961 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Five sleep-in servants. 1970 L. Sanders Anderson Tapes xxi. 56 Apartment Four A... A sleep-in maid. 1974 H. L. Foster Ribbin', Jivin', & Playin' Dozens vii. 329 The first was a three-week sleep-in camp experience for 62 children and their teachers in June, 1947, at Life Camps. The second was a three-day sleep-over school camping experience..at Hudson Guild Farm, Nokong, New Jersey. 1981 J. D. MacDonald Free Fall in Crimson x. 106 He managed to hustle me into bed... I told him I had to quit. I wasn't going to be a sleep-in secretary. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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