asleep學測 L2KK [əˈslip] ｜ /əˈslip/
睡著的；入睡的·發麻的；失去知覺的·不活躍的；待機的
常與 sleepy 混淆，必考字
After a long day, Mia took the MRT home and fell asleep before reaching her stop.
忙碌一整天後，米亞搭捷運回家，途中就睡著了，差點錯過下車站。
一個畫面：戳了也沒反應
闔眼沉睡眼睛閉上，身體靜止不動
腳麻刺痛壓太久，肢體失去知覺
設備待機螢幕暗掉，按鍵都沒反應
義項
課堂沉睡B1adjective睡著的；入睡的
After staying up all night to study, Sarah finally fell asleep during her afternoon lecture.
熬夜讀書一整晚後，莎拉終於在下午的課堂上睡著了。
fall asleepfast asleep
雙腳發麻A2adjective發麻的；失去知覺的
After sitting on the floor for a long time, my leg was completely asleep and I could not stand up quickly.
坐在地板上太久後，我的腿完全發麻，沒辦法馬上站起來。
foot is asleepleg is asleep
電腦待機A2adjective不活躍的；待機的
My computer was asleep, so I had to touch the keyboard to wake it up.
我的電腦處於睡眠狀態，所以我得碰一下鍵盤才能喚醒它。
computer is asleep
片語
fall asleep跌入夢鄉 →睡著；入睡
fast asleep熟睡不醒 →睡得非常沉
asleep at the wheel恍神駕駛 →不專心、疏忽大意
foot asleep腳麻軟 →腳失去知覺
你會不會這樣說？
'The computer seemed to be asleep and wouldn't respond.' 這裡的 asleep 是指 (A) 電腦在睡覺 (B) 電腦沒有運作、沒反應
看答案
(B)
asleep 可形容裝置不活躍、沒反應，如同睡著般沒有動靜。
'My leg was completely asleep.' 和 'Sarah fell asleep during her lecture.' 的 asleep 是同一個意思嗎？
看答案
不是
一個指腳發麻失去知覺，另一個指真正睡著，屬不同義項。
字族
sleep 睡覺；睡眠・sleepy 想睡的；睏倦的
順路看看
awake — asleep 的反義詞，清醒著的doze — 短暫打盹，比 asleep 更短多益練習
本區為多益情境練習，與上方釋義獨立編寫
情境例句
出差返程
Nina fell asleep on the train after the conference.
研討會結束後，妮娜在火車上睡著了。
辦公室電腦操作
My office computer was asleep when I returned from the meeting.
我開完會回來時，辦公室電腦正處於睡眠模式。
詞族
asleep adjective 睡著的・sleep noun / verb 睡眠／睡覺・slept verb, past tense and past participle 睡覺的過去式與過去分詞・sleepy adjective 想睡的；睏倦的
四選一
On the flight home from the conference, Nina had already fallen ____ when the flight attendant brought her meal.
看答案
asleep
fall asleep 表示入睡，此處用完成式 had fallen asleep。sleep 是名詞或動詞原形；slept 是過去式或過去分詞；sleeps 是第三人稱單數動詞或複數名詞，都不能在 fallen 後構成此處的入睡表達。
同義改寫
Nina was asleep when the train arrived at the conference venue's nearest station. → Nina was sleeping when the train arrived at the conference venue's nearest station.
此處 was asleep 與 was sleeping 都表示列車到站時，妮娜正處於睡眠狀態。
My office computer was asleep when I returned from the meeting. → My office computer was in sleep mode when I returned from the meeting.
在電腦情境中，asleep 指處於睡眠模式，可改寫為 in sleep mode，並非關機或故障。