forty winks
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌforty ˈwinks noun [uncountable] informal SLEEPa very short sleep 小睡,打盹 I felt a lot better after I had forty winks. 打了个盹儿我感觉好多了。
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forty winks• I could do with forty winks right now and Otley would never miss me.ˌforty ˈwinks nounChineseSyllable
short very a Corpus sleep
forty winks
ˌforty ˈwinks
noun [uncountable] informal
a very short sleep:
I felt a lot better after I had forty winks.
ˌforty ˈwinks
noun [uncountable] informala very short sleep: