美语怎么说：062 夜猫子用英语怎么说

 　　JESSICA在北京学汉语，她的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教她。今天是怡茹要问的：夜猫子。

　　YR: Hey Jessica! What are you doing on Friday?

　　JESSICA: Hmm, I don't know yet. What' up?

　　YR: Some of us are planning a sleep over at my apartment. 我们几个都是夜猫子，准备好好看场家庭影院，再睡到自然醒!! We are all late cats!

　　JESSICA: 哈哈，YIRU，that's not how we say it. We call people who stay up late "night owls²"!

　　YR: Night owls?

　　JESSICA: Exactly. Owl¹ is spelled o-w-l, owl, 是猫头鹰。Night owl, 就是夜猫子。不过我可不是夜猫子, I usually hit the hay around 10...

　　YR: Wait a second...hit the hay? 我知道hay是稻草的意思，你..你为什么要打稻草啊?

　　JESSICA: 哈哈，YIRU! Hit the hay is just a common way of saying "to go to sleep". 就是睡觉的意思。

　　YR: 哈!真有意思，hit the hay! Hmm, I'm quite the opposite- I usually hit the hay very late, definitely after mid-night!

　　JESSICA: I really want to join you guys, but I never enjoy sleepovers. I'm a light sleeper³. So normally I can't sleep well on sleepovers.

　　YR: Light sleeper? 让我来猜猜，就是觉轻的意思，对吗?

　　JESSICA: Bingo! A light sleeper can be easily awakened⁴.

　　YR: 哦!那一睡着就雷都打不醒的人要怎么说呢?

　　Jessica: It's just the opposite! You can call them sound sleepers⁵.

　　YR: A light sleeper, 觉轻的人；a sound sleeper, 觉沉的人。我想，我们的sleepover party可能真的不太适合你! 那下次别的活动我再叫你吧!

　　Jessica: Okay! Now tell me what you've learned today!

　　YR: 第一：夜猫子叫做 night owl；.

　　第二：睡觉可以说 hit the hay；

　　第三：睡得沉的人是 a sound sleeper, 觉轻的人则是 a light sleeper!

1 owl   

n.猫头鹰，枭

参考例句：

• Her new glasses make her look like an owl.她的新眼镜让她看上去像只猫头鹰。
• I'm a night owl and seldom go to bed until after midnight.我睡得很晚，经常半夜后才睡觉。

2 owls   

n.猫头鹰( owl的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 'Clumsy fellows,'said I; 'they must still be drunk as owls.' “这些笨蛋，”我说，“他们大概还醉得像死猪一样。” 来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
• The great majority of barn owls are reared in captivity. 大多数仓鸮都是笼养的。 来自辞典例句

3 sleeper   

n.睡眠者，卧车，卧铺

参考例句：

• I usually go up to London on the sleeper. 我一般都乘卧车去伦敦。
• But first he explained that he was a very heavy sleeper. 但首先他解释说自己睡觉很沉。

4 awakened   

v.（使）醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）觉醒；弄醒；（使）意识到

参考例句：

• She awakened to the sound of birds singing. 她醒来听到鸟的叫声。
• The public has been awakened to the full horror of the situation. 公众完全意识到了这一状况的可怕程度。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 sleepers   

n.卧铺（通常以复数形式出现）；卧车( sleeper的名词复数 )；轨枕；睡觉（呈某种状态）的人；小耳环

参考例句：

• He trod quietly so as not to disturb the sleepers. 他轻移脚步，以免吵醒睡着的人。 来自辞典例句
• The nurse was out, and we two sleepers were alone. 保姆出去了，只剩下我们两个瞌睡虫。 来自辞典例句