早安英文 第652期:睡觉过程中的小劣习

 

sleeping habits 睡眠习惯

make one's bed 铺床

In America making your bed is considered a grown-up thing to do, but I never do it because if feel like its a waste of time.

在美国，(每天早上起来) 铺床被看成是一个非常成熟成年人的行为，但是我从来都不铺，因为我觉得浪费时间，没有必要。

insomnia¹ 失眠

When I was little, I used to suffer from a severe case of insomnia and had a really hard time falling asleep at night.

在我还小的时候，有一阵子失眠非常严重，晚上入睡非常艰难。

snore 打呼

I used to snore a lot.

我过去打呼打得厉害。

blanket hog² 睡觉抢被子的人

I imagine your problem when sleeping is that you are a blanket hog. You seem to have that type of me-first personality.

我猜你睡觉的坏毛病应该是抢被子。你看起来就是那种以自我为优先的性格！

nightmare 噩梦

sleepwalker 梦游者

I am actually a sleepwalker!

其实我睡觉梦游。

sleeptalker 睡觉说梦话的人

My best friend is actually a SLEEP TALKER and you can actually have entire conversations with him while he sleeps.

我最好的朋友睡觉讲梦话，你基本上可以和他进行一整段对话。

grind one's teeth 磨牙（也可以表示生气时的咬牙切齿）

My brother has a really bad problem grinding his teeth.

我的弟弟睡觉磨牙磨得厉害。

stiff neck 字面意思为僵硬的脖子，可以用来表示英文当中的落枕

Sometimes when I sleep on my couch, I get a stiff neck.

有时候我睡在沙发上，就会落枕。

1 insomnia   

n.失眠，失眠症

参考例句：

• Worries and tenseness can lead to insomnia.忧虑和紧张会导致失眠。
• He is suffering from insomnia.他患失眠症。

2 hog   

n.猪；馋嘴贪吃的人；vt.把…占为己有，独占

参考例句：

• He is greedy like a hog.他像猪一样贪婪。
• Drivers who hog the road leave no room for other cars.那些占着路面的驾驶员一点余地都不留给其他车辆。