siesta

[si'estə]

n.午睡

n.

【西】(西班牙、意大利等地的)午睡

siesta

名词复数：siestas

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siesta[si'estə]n.1.■(尤指西班牙、拉美等国的)午休，饭后午睡vi.1.■午休，午睡

1. an afternoon rest or nap, especially one taken during the hottest hours of the day in a hot climate
   （尤指炎热地区的）午休，午睡
   

1. mid 17th cent.: Spanish, from Latin sexta (hora) 'sixth hour'
   

siesta

名词 siesta:

a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries)

siesta

■"Daiyu was having a siesta, and since all her maids had gone out on their own business the place was unusually quiet."

"彼时黛玉自在床上歇午,丫鬟们皆出去自便,满屋内静悄悄的"

■At noon the old lady went home for her siesta.

"至晌午,贾母便回来歇息了."

■Unlike some other siesta studies, his was controlled for diet, smoking, exercise and other relevant variables.

.与其他关于午休的研究不同的是，他的研究控制了饮食、吸烟、运动和其他相关的变量。

■“Why not a siesta at work?

“上班时为什么不能午睡？

■"You know,I could really do with a siesta",she said.

“你看，我真得去睡个午觉，”她轻声说。

■"I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, and take a siesta with my wife.In the evenings, I go into the village to see my friends, have a few drinks, play the guitar, and sing a few songs.

“我啊，睡睡懒觉，钓钓鱼，和我的孩子们玩，跟我的老婆一起睡个午觉什么的，到了晚上，我回到村子里去会会我的一些朋友，喝喝小酒，弹弹吉他，唱唱小曲。

■"I need a long siesta.

“我需要一个很长的午睡。”

■'Give 'em a lifelong siesta, I would,' snarled Uncle Vernon over the end of the newsreader's sentence, but no matter: outside in the flowerbed, Harrys stomach seemed to unclench.

”我认为应该给他们一个终身难忘的教训”，在新闻报道接近尾声时弗农姨父咆哮道，不过这已经没什么了：在外面的草坪上，哈利的胃看来又恢复了活力。

■Why of heavy of the dizziness after my siesta rises?

为什么我午睡起来后头晕沉沉的？

■Why I everyday after siesta gets up, the stomach is very uncomfortable, obviously abdomen very bilge to feel hungry again however.

为什么我每天午睡起床后,胃都很不舒服,明明肚子很胀却又感觉饿了.

■Why to issue siesta arousal to you can have the impulse that wants to cry every time?

为什么每次下午睡觉醒来会有想哭的冲动呢？

■Then came the quiet of early afternoon as everyone settled into siesta time.

之后又是个安静时间，因为所有人都去午睡了。

■It may be easier to try again in three hours, after their siesta.

也许待他们午睡过后，即三个小时以后，会比较容易接通。

■The world becomes beautiful after a looong siesta, and could be even more if you were siiting beside.

今天没有事情，或者说其实有很多事情不过今天一件都不想做。

■They recalled the languorous siesta of hot mid-day, deep in green undergrowth, the sun striking through in tiny golden shafts and spots;

他们回想起夏日炎热的正午，在灌木丛的绿荫下昏昏然午睡，阳光透过浓荫，洒下小小的金色斑点；

■They went off in Jack's truck, bought a bottle of whiskey and within twenty minutes were in the Motel Siesta jouncing a bed.

他们驾着杰克的车离开，在路上买了一瓶威士忌，二十分钟之后两人已经在西埃斯塔旅馆翻云覆雨了。

■He had acquired the knack of snatching his siesta in the most unfavourable circumstance.

他学会了在最喧闹的场合下抓紧时间睡觉的诀窍。

■Among the themes are sleep and health, the siesta and mental health, and the siesta and use of time.

会议的主题包括睡眠与健康,午睡与心理健康以及午睡与时间安排。

■But it was tough to get to sleep after that siesta I had.

但是偶在小憩过后实在很难入睡。

■But if it's decided to take its siesta on Daddy, it could stay there for hours before it leaves.

但是如果它要决定在爸爸身上午休，它将会停留在这一段时间。

■Siesta Beach, Sarasota, Fla. has got second slot on the list.Coopers Beach in Southampton, which has been on the list for four consecutive years now, regained No. 3 on the list.

佛罗里达州沙拉索塔的西斯塔海滩排名第二，纽约州长岛南汉普顿的库柏斯海滩一直排名第四，今年它排在第三位。

■Fortunately, being a college lecturer, I don't have to go to work everyday.I only work three days a week, but during the three days I work really long hours and have no time for a wee little siesta.

作为一个大学讲师我很幸运不用每天去上班,我一周只要工作三天,但是在这三天我工作很长很长时间没有一点时间可以小睡一下。

■What do you think this is, siesta?

你以为来干什么的, 午休？

■Like to kick back for an afternoon siesta?

你有没有停下工作小睡午觉的习惯呢?

■You are not earning points. If he's taking a siesta, there's no Cashfiesta!

你没有在挣点。

■He was so eager to get there, that he did not stop for a noon siesta as was usual with travellers.

保罗非常心急，以致他没有像一般路人那样，来一个午间小睡。

■Hungary approves referendum on introducing siesta?

匈牙利立法午休?

■Must not force him siesta, cannot be siesta more and take sleeping pill.

千万不要强迫自己午睡，更不能为午睡而服安眠药。

■All the shops are shut, it's siesta time.

午休时间,所有商店都关门了。

■2. All the shops are shut, it's siesta time.

午休时间，所有商店都关门了。

■Lots of people were taking a short siesta in the shade.

午后很多人在阴凉处小睡。

■a siesta; a nap

午睡

■Portuguese snoozers rally for siesta

午睡如空气:葡萄牙人的午睡情结

■The siesta would be limited to 15 minutes, and if it improves concentration and quality of work it might be adopted more widely.

午睡时间将限制在15分钟，如果这有利于集中精力和提高工作质量，那么就可以推广这种做法。

■somebody disturbed my siesta,luckly ,they need more people because of some visitor who from Tailand come here for studying.

午睡被打扰，国际处那边今天由于有个泰国一大学的中文系来学习，突然多了起来。

■Siesta fans say it helps harmonize biological rhythms, fights stress and improves the quality of life.

午觉迷们说，午睡有助于协调生物节律，缓解压力，并能提高生活质量。

■Siesta fans say it helps harmonize biological rhythms, fights stress and improves the quality of life. Furthermore it cuts accidents at work and improves productivity.

午觉迷们说，午睡有助于协调生物节律，缓解压力，并能提高生活质量。而且，午睡还能减少工作场所的事故，提高生产效率。

■take a siesta after lunch

午餐后午睡

■After lunch, we take a nap/ siesta.

午餐后，我们睡午觉。

■Its aim is defending the siesta as a "basic element of Mediterranean culture.

协会还在努力使午睡成为“地中海文化的一个基本组成部分”。

■People in South America and Spain like their afternoon siesta.

南美洲和西班牙的人喜爱午睡。

■So the afternoon siesta is not some empty void.

原来午休并不是一场空白。

■Last year, La Siesta became a beta site for testing Markem's new Model 9064 ink-jet coder.

去年，香格里拉午睡成为一个测试网站测试马肯的新型号9064喷墨编码。

■Cancel or shorten siesta cancels or shorten siesta, be in especially just satiate later.

取消或缩短午睡取消或缩短午睡吧，尤其是在刚刚吃饱之后。

■Before going out for dinner I took a Spanish siesta.

吃晚饭前偶小憩了一下。

■At midday, when the sun was at its hottest, I would sit under a tree and take a siesta.

在中午，太阳最热时，我就在树下坐着午睡。

■In the Tuscan countryside people start their day quite early, just before dawn, but wind down in the early afternoon for siesta.

在托斯卡纳乡下人们开始他们一天的劳动相当早，刚刚破晓前，但在较早的下午午睡。

■In this day and age siesta is a dying concept, but still there are new ideas of how to combine the concept of a midday rest with a modern-day lifestyle.

在现代午睡这个概念已经逐渐淡化，但是还是有很多新的创意不断涌现，将午休融入现代生活方式。

■Estremoz, 200 kilometres east of Lisbon, is in a region where the siesta enjoys a traditional popularity.

埃斯特雷莫位于里斯本以东200公里,这里的人们历来有午睡的习惯。

■Dave: It's good to know that some people still 1)appreciate the siesta.

大维：还好，还有人懂得珍惜午睡时光。