oversleep

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++o·ver·sleep /ˌəʊvəˈsliːp $ ˌoʊvər-/ verb (past tense and past participle overslept /-ˈslept/) [intransitive]  WAKE UP/GET UPto sleep for longer than you intended 睡过头，睡得过久 Sorry I’m late. I overslept. 很抱歉我迟到了，我睡过头了。► see thesaurus at sleep → sleep in at sleep1→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

oversleep• Sorry I'm late - I overslept.• Yet he ended his days at daily mass, even serving for the priest when the altar boy of the day overslept.• Why are you so late? Did you oversleep again?• They were afraid of oversleeping and missing the plane.• He had overslept on the day he was supposed to take the entrance exam.

o·ver·sleep verbChineseSyllable  

sleep than you Corpus to longer for intended

oversleep
o‧ver‧sleep /ˌəʊvəˈsliːp $ ˌoʊvər-/ verb (past tense and past participle overslept /-ˈslept/) [intransitive]
to sleep for longer than you intended:
    Sorry I’m late. I overslept.
⇨ sleep in at sleep¹
     

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?

over·sleepBrE /ˌəʊvəˈsliːp/ 🔊NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈsliːp/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they oversleep BrE /ˌəʊvəˈsliːp/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈsliːp/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it oversleeps BrE /ˌəʊvəˈsliːps/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈsliːps/ 🔊past simple overslept BrE /ˌəʊvəˈslept/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈslept/ 🔊past participle overslept BrE /ˌəʊvəˈslept/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈslept/ 🔊 -ing form oversleeping BrE /ˌəʊvəˈsliːpɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌoʊvərˈsliːpɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] to sleep longer than you intended 睡过头；睡得太久◆I overslept and missed the bus. 我睡过了头，因此误了班车。🔊🔊

doze, dream, drowsy, insomnia, oversleep, REM, sedative, sleep, soporific, tired