"dead asleep" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 睡得很死
• 睡得很沉

Definition

完全熟睡，很難被叫醒。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

口語用法，形容人睡得非常沉，叫不起來，和“死”無直接關係，只是加強語氣。

Examples

He was dead asleep when the phone rang.

電話響時他**睡得很死**。

The baby is dead asleep in her crib.

嬰兒在嬰兒牀裡**睡得很沉**。

I was dead asleep when you called last night.

你昨晚打電話時我**睡得很死**。

Don’t bother waking him—he’s dead asleep after that long trip.

別試圖叫醒他——那趟長途旅行後他**睡得很沉**。

She was so dead asleep that she didn’t hear the thunderstorm.

她**睡得很死**，連雷雨都沒聽見。

By midnight, everyone in the house was dead asleep.

到了半夜，家裡的人都**睡得很死**了。