siesta

• n. （西）午睡；午休
• vi. 午睡；午休

來自西班牙語(yǔ) siesta,午睡，來自拉丁語(yǔ) sexta hora,即 sixth hour,即第六小時(shí)，在古羅馬時(shí)期以 日出計(jì)時(shí)，第六小時(shí)即現(xiàn)在的中午十二點(diǎn)。比較 noon,中午，字面意思為第九小時(shí)，詞源同 nine.

siesta (n.)

"mid-day nap," 1650s, from Spanish siesta, from Latin sexta (hora) "sixth (hour)," the noon of the Roman day (coming six hours after sunrise), from sexta, fem. of sextus "sixth" (see Sextus).

1. They have a siesta during the hottest part of the day.

他們會(huì)在一天中最炎熱的時(shí)刻小睡一會(huì)兒。

來自柯林斯例句

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

午后很多人在陰涼處小睡.

來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. I went upstairs for my afternoon siesta.

我上樓去睡午覺.

來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

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

他學(xué)會(huì)了在最喧鬧的場(chǎng)合下抓緊時(shí)間睡覺的訣竅.

來自辭典例句

5. These workers have no time for a siesta in summer.

這些工人在夏天都沒有時(shí)間午睡.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)