kip

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++kip1 /kɪp/ noun [singular, uncountable]  British English informalSLEEP a period of sleep 睡觉 I’ve only had an hour’s kip. 我只睡了一小时。 We ought to get some kip. 我们应该睡一会儿。

Examples from the Corpus

kip• It seems like if he is asleep the rest of them have a 90m kip too.• Nothing much was doing, though, and eventually I went home for a bite to eat and a well-deserved kip.• It's so hard to work on full glow when you've only had a couple of hours kip.• But experts who monitored Vincent are baffled why he never needs much kip.• If your husband isn't going to be available until mornin' I think I'd just as soon get some kip.• Em's been working in that kip for six years, since I was twelve.• The collapse of the kip means a mid-ranking civil servant now earns about $ 21 a month.get some kip• If your husband isn't going to be available until mornin' I think I'd just as soon get some kip.• There is nothing more anti-social than other people at it when you are trying to get some kip.kip2 verb (kipped, kipping) [intransitive] British English informal  SLEEPto sleep somewhere, especially somewhere that is not your home 〔尤指在不是自己家的地方〕睡觉kip down There are rooms for drivers to kip down for the night. 有房间供司机过夜。kip on Mum says you can kip on the sofa tonight. 妈妈说你今晚可以睡在沙发上。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

kip• I just stayed out, kipping at me mate's and that.• Bruce himself was spotted kipping on a couch at 4.30am.• My mum says he can kip on her sofa because she likes anyone with a Manc accent.• Tom, you know you can kip on my sofa anytime.Origin kip1 (1800-1900) Danish kippe “cheap hotel”

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Corpus a of period sleep

kip

I

kip¹ /kɪp/ noun [singular, uncountable]British English informal a period of sleep:
    I’ve only had an hour’s kip.
    We ought to get some kip.

II

kip² verb (past tense and past participle kipped, present participle kipping) [intransitive] British English informal
to sleep somewhere, especially somewhere that is not your home
    kip down
    There are rooms for drivers to kip down for the night.
    kip on
    Mum says you can kip on the sofa tonight.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ sleep to rest your mind and body with your eyes closed. Sleep is usually used when talking about how long, how deeply, or where someone sleeps. When saying that someone is not awake, you use be asleep: Most people sleep for about eight hours. | He slept downstairs. | Did you sleep well?
   ▪ be asleep to be sleeping: The baby’s asleep – don’t wake her. | He was fast asleep (=completely asleep)by the time I got home.
   ▪ oversleep to sleep for longer than you intended so that you wake up late in the morning: I overslept and was late for work.
   ▪ take a nap (also have a nap especially British English) (also have forty winks informal) to sleep for a short time during the day: I think I’ll have a nap. | She had been awake all night and was looking forward to taking a nap.
   ▪ have/take a snooze informal to sleep for a short time, especially in a chair, not in a bed: I think I’ll have a quick snooze.
   ▪ doze to sleep lightly, for example in a chair, and be easily woken: I wasn’t really asleep – I was just dozing. | I must have dozed off (=started sleeping) halfway through the film.
   ▪ kip British English informal to sleep somewhere, especially somewhere that is not your home – a very informal use: I kipped at my mate’s for a couple of days. | Is it alright if I kip on the floor?