音标:[si'estә] ;
n. 午睡, 午休
n. a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries)
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siesta的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. I went upstairs for my afternoon siesta.我上楼去睡午觉。
  2. Lots of people were taking a short siesta in the shade.午后很多人在阴凉处小睡。
  3. People in South America and Spain like their afternoon siesta.南美洲和西班牙的人喜爱午睡。

经典引文

  • The afternoon was too hot for anything but siesta.

    出自:E. Mannin
  • Mechanics were..drifting back to..work from their siestas.

    出自:F. King
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