outsleep
/out-sleep/US // ˌaʊtˈslip //
睡眠之外,睡不着,睡眠不足,超时
Definitions
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
out·slept, out·sleep·ing.
- : to sleep through or later than.
- : to sleep until the end of: to outsleep a thunderstorm.
Examples
Oh to drink of it again, and to lay her head upon the pillow and outsleep the day!
“Your pardon, Don José, that I outsleep the camp,” he muttered haltingly.
Yet even he could not outsleep the reluctant lingering of night.
Not a morning did I outsleep the reveille; nor once missed matins in the Cathedral.
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