sleeper

sleeper
['sliːpə(r)] 1.
nome
1) chi dorme, dormiente m. e f.

to be a sound sleeper — avere il sonno pesante

2) ferr. (berth) cuccetta f.; (sleeping car) vagone m. letto; (train) treno m. con cuccette, con vagoni letto
3) BE (on railway track) traversina f.
4) AE colloq. (successful book, film etc.) successo m. inaspettato
2.
nome plurale sleepers AE tutina f.sing., pigiamino m.sing. (per bambini)
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noun
1) (a person who sleeps: Nothing occurred to disturb the sleepers.) dormiente, (chi dorme)
2) (a berth or compartment for sleeping, on a railway train: I'd like to book a sleeper on the London train.) (vagone letto)
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sleeper /ˈsli:pə(r)/
n.
1 chi dorme; dormiente; persona addormentata
2 (con agg.) persona che dorme in un dato modo: a sound sleeper (o a good sleeper) uno che dorme bene; a heavy sleeper, uno che dorme sodo; uno che ha il sonno duro; a late sleeper, uno che dorme fino a tardi; un dormiglione; a light sleeper, uno che ha il sonno leggero
3 (ferr.) vagone letto
4 (ferr.) treno di soli vagoni letto
5 (fam.) sonnifero; sedativo
6 (pl.) (USA) pigiamino per bambino
7 (USA) divano letto; poltrona letto
8 (edil.) dormiente
9 (ferr.) traversina (di binario)
10 (comm.) articolo che si vende con difficoltà
11 (fam.) opera (libro, film, ecc.) che ha un successo tardivo o inaspettato
12 cerchietto, barretta, ecc., portato in un foro all'orecchio (per impedire che si chiuda)
13 (fam. = sleeper agent) agente segreto in attesa di entrare in azione; agente dormiente (o in sonno)
14 (fam.) terrorista in attesa dell'ordine di agire; terrorista dormiente (o in sonno)
● sleeper cab, cuccetta (su un camion).
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['sliːpə(r)] 1.
nome
1) chi dorme, dormiente m. e f.

to be a sound sleeper — avere il sonno pesante

2) ferr. (berth) cuccetta f.; (sleeping car) vagone m. letto; (train) treno m. con cuccette, con vagoni letto
3) BE (on railway track) traversina f.
4) AE colloq. (successful book, film etc.) successo m. inaspettato
2.
nome plurale sleepers AE tutina f.sing., pigiamino m.sing. (per bambini)

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