每个人都需要睡眠，让身体得到充分的休息后，才有能量继续生活。睡眠的状况也与你的身体健康息息相关。但睡眠也有很多种不同的状态，该如何精准地表达呢？

英文老师列举出12个与睡眠有关的语句，当别人问及你时，便能够更清楚地描述睡眠的型态。

1. Go to Bed

这表示一个上床睡觉的动作。

Example – Last night I went to bed at 9pm.

2. Fall asleep

指入睡，即闭上眼睛后，从清醒到睡着的过程。

Example – I’m so tired I could fall asleep right now.

3. To take a nap/ Siesta

打个盹/午睡。打盹是指在白天小睡片刻、稍作休息。

Example – I feel so tired this afternoon, I think I will take a nap.

4. A heavy sleeper

睡得很熟，有些人睡着后很容易就进入深层睡眠，不会被任何噪音干扰。

Example – My husband is a heavy sleeper even the loud siren didn’t wake him up last night.

5. Light sleeper

浅眠，有些人则是很容易睡到一半就醒来。

Example – My husband is a light sleeper even the loud siren didn’t wake him up last night.

6. Sleeps like a baby

睡得像个婴儿，指睡得很香甜。

Example – After a glass of wine I slept like a baby.

7. Tossing and turning

辗转反侧，指翻来覆去睡得不太好。

Example – I didn’t get a wink of sleep; I was tossing and turning all night.

8. Snoring

打鼾。

Example – I could not sleep because of your loud snoring.

9. Insomnia

失眠。

Example – I have to go see a doctor; I think I am suffering from Insomnia.

10. To get up / wake up at the crack of dawn

要在清晨时醒来、是指非常早起。

Example – We had a morning flight to catch so we woke up at the crack of dawn.

11. Sleep in

是指睡得较晚的意思。

Example – On weekends I usually sleep in till late afternoon.

12. To crawl back in bed

爬回床上，指的是睡回笼觉。

Example – This morning I skipped work and crawled back in bed.