1. P 睡着的　 sleeping
2. P 麻木的　 unable to feel; numb

　be ～　睡着
　drop ～　睡着了
　fall ～　睡着了
　find sb ～　发现某人睡着了
　go ～　睡着了
　lie ～　睡卧
　seem ～　好像睡着
　one's foot ～　脚麻了
　the old man ～　那老头睡着了
　fast ～　熟睡
　half ～　半睡
　sound ～　酣睡
　immediately ～　迅速睡着
　nearly ～　快睡着了
　～ for ever　长眠
　～ on the job　玩忽职守
　～ to　对…麻木不仁

　Those fast asleep people were woken up by the terrible screams.　熟睡着的人们都被可怕的尖叫声吵醒了。
　He picked up the half asleep baby.　他抱起了半睡半醒的婴儿。

　Do you know the man asleep?　你认识睡觉的那个人吗?
　The man asleep is much ill.　睡觉的那个人病的很重。
　The boat drifted along, with the child asleep inside it and no one guiding its direction.　小船缓缓向前漂去，船上的孩子睡着了，无人掌舵。

　The army attacked at night when the enemy was asleep.　在夜间敌人熟睡时军队发起了攻击。
　I don't want any of you children crashing about upstairs while your father's asleep.　你爸爸睡着了，你们这些孩子谁也不许在楼上蹦蹦跳跳。
　He's asleep, don't arouse him.　他睡着了，不要打扰他。
　Strange thoughts float into〔through〕 my mind when I am nearly asleep.　我快睡着时产生一种奇怪的念头。
　Some people grind their teeth while they're asleep.　有些人睡着时会磨牙。
　The patient, who had been asleep for nearly three hours, began to move his limbs.　病人睡了将近3小时，才开始动一动胳膊和腿。
　Cage pretended that she was asleep.　凯奇假装睡着了。
　The baby seems to be asleep.　那婴孩好像是睡觉了。
　Once he settled his body in the comfortable bed, he was soon asleep.　他往那舒服的床上一倒，很快就进入了梦乡。
　She sneaked into the house after everyone was asleep.　大家入睡后，她偷偷溜进屋子。
　The enemy were still asleep when we started the attack.　我们发动进攻时敌人还在睡觉。
　She is sound asleep.　她在酣睡。
　The boy is fast asleep.　那男孩睡得很熟。
　The baby was still asleep when its mother came back.　母亲回来时，小宝宝还在睡着。
　The little boy was asleep when the bedtime story was speaking.　那个睡前故事还在讲时，小男孩就睡着了。
　He was asleep while I was reading.　我看书时他在睡觉。
　I debated the question in my mind until I fell asleep.　我入睡前脑子里一直考虑那个问题。
　His voice died away and he fell asleep.　他渐渐地没了声音，睡着了。
　The minute my head touched the pillow, I fell asleep.　我头一挨枕头就睡着了。
　He was so tired that he fell asleep.　他累得睡着了。
　He has fallen fast asleep.　他已酣睡。
　He fell asleep during the lecture.　他在听报告时睡着了。
　Before falling asleep, Helen reviewed the day's happenings.　海伦在入睡以前回想了当天发生的事情。
　He fell asleep forever.　他长眠了。
　I didn't know when I fell asleep.　我不知道我什么时候睡着的。

　He fell asleep in the living room.　他在客厅睡着了。
　The child fell asleep in its mother's arms.　孩子在母亲的怀里睡着了。
　She lay fast asleep on the sofa.　她躺在沙发上熟睡。
　The little girl was so tired that she fell asleep over her homework.　那个小姑娘累得写着作业就睡着了。
　I have been asleep to it.　我对此事一向不关心。
　They were asleep to the danger.　他们对危险毫无察觉。

　I found him asleep.　我发现他睡着了。
　When mother came back, she found the baby asleep.　当妈妈回到家时，发现小宝宝睡着了。

 ♣ asleep, sleeping, sleepy
　这组词的意思不完全相同，其区别在于：
1. asleep和sleepy主要用作表语。asleep的意思是“睡着”，而sleepy的意思是“想睡”。例如：
　The baby fell asleep; and I feel sleepy.　孩子睡着了，我也犯困了。
2. asleep, sleepy和sleeping都可用作定语，这时的意思也不相同。asleep表示“睡着的”， sleepy表示“贪睡的”，而sleeping除表示“睡着的”外，还可表示与睡眠有关的东西。试比较：

3. asleep一般作后置定语，只有在其前有修饰语时才可前置，而sleepy和sleeping作定语时则可前置。
 ♣ be asleep, fall asleep
　be asleep　指睡着的状态，可以接表示延续性时间的状语；而fall asleep指的是一时的动作。试比较下面两句：

　asleep　表示的是与awake相对的状态，有时含有“本该清醒，但却睡了”的意思。

　［同义词］ inert, napping, sleeping
　［反义词］ alert, awake