| 单词 | siesta |
| 释义 | Related topics: Leisuresi·es·ta /siˈestə/ noun [countable] DLSLEEPa short sleep in the afternoon, especially in warm countries 〔尤指炎热国家的〕午休，午睡take/have a siesta The stores all close after lunch when everyone takes a siesta. 午饭后所有商店都关门，大家都睡午觉。Examples from the Corpussiesta• Paquita worked but came home for lunch and a siesta.• Follow the locals, when abroad, and have a siesta indoors.• At one, in the stifling heat, we took a siesta.• He was going upstairs for his siesta.• His habitual amount of sleep had been five to seven hours a night, with a half-hour siesta in the afternoon.• Mondano was as deserted as a ghost town, wrapped in the silence of its siesta.• In the second half, the Oregon defense takes a prolonged siesta, allowing the opponents to score forty-two points.take/have a siesta• Follow the locals, when abroad, and have a siesta indoors.• If I did have a siesta it was always a very short one.• Everyone pretended Clarisa was simply taking a siesta.• At one, in the stifling heat, we took a siesta.Origin siesta (1600-1700) Spanish Latin sexta (hora) “sixth hour, noon”si·es·ta nounChineseSyllable afternoon, especially sleep short Corpus in a the |
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