siesta

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si·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 Corpus

siesta• 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

siesta
si‧es‧ta /siˈestə/ noun [countable]a short sleep in the afternoon, especially in warm countries
    take/have a siesta
    The stores all close after lunch when everyone takes a siesta.

si·estaBrE /siˈestə/ 🔊NAmE /siˈestə/ 🔊 nouna rest or sleep taken in the early afternoon, especially in hot countries （尤指在气候炎热的国家的）午睡，午休◆to have/take a siesta 睡午觉  ➡  compare nap noun (1)