sleeper
英 ['sliːpə]
美 ['slipɚ]
- n. 寝台車; 寝台; 寝台車
- n.(寝台車)人名;(英)スリッパ.
英語の語源
- sleeper (n.)
- Old English sl?pere "one who sleeps, one who is inclined to sleep much," agent noun from sleep (v.). Meaning "strong horizontal beam" is from c. 1600. Meaning "dormant or inoperative thing" is from 1620s. Meaning "railroad sleeping car" is from 1875. Sense of "something whose importance proves to be greater than expected" first attested 1892, originally in American English sports jargon, probably from earlier (1856) gambling slang sense of "unexpected winning card." Meaning "spy, enemy agent, terrorist etc. who remains undercover for a long time before attempting his purpose" first attested 1955, originally in reference to communist agents in the West.
例文
- 1. She was usually a light sleeper .
- 彼女は通常、目を覚ましやすい。
- 2.I usually go up to London on the sleeper .
- 私は普通寝台車でロンドンに行きます。
- 3.Please don 't make any noise-my mother 's a very light sleeper .
- 静かにしてください——母は軽く寝ています。
- 4.The British call a railroad tie a sleeper .
- イギリス人は「railroadtie」（鉄道枕木）を「 sleeper 」と呼んでいる。
- 5.I crammed my bag full of swimsuits and T-shirts and caught the sleeper down to Beziers.
- 水着とTシャツをバッグに詰め込み、寝台車でベジェに向かった。
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