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Engelsk navneord: sleeper | |||
| 1. | sleeper (om person) a rester who is sleeping | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | slumberer | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | rester | ||
| Mere specifikke termer | dreamer, noctambulist, Rip van Winkle, sleeping beauty, sleepwalker, snorer, somnambulist, somniloquist | ||
| 2. | sleeper (om person) a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | diversionist, saboteur, spy, terrorist, undercover agent, wrecker | ||
| Tilhører disse overordnede termer | sleeper nest | ||
| Overordnet emneområde | act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act | ||
| 3. | sleeper (om person) an unexpected achiever of success | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it. | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | achiever, succeeder, success, winner | ||
| 4. | sleeper (om genstand) one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The British call a railroad tie a sleeper. | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | crosstie, railroad tie, tie | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | brace, bracing | ||
| Omfatter disse overordnede termer | railroad, railroad track, railway | ||
| 5. | sleeper (om genstand) a passenger car that has berths for sleeping | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | sleeping car, wagon-lit | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | carriage, coach, passenger car | ||
| Omfatter disse specifikke termer | drawing room, roomette | ||
| 6. | sleeper (om genstand) pajamas with feet; worn by children | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | jammies, pajama, pj's, pyjama | ||
| 7. | sleeper (om genstand) a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture | ||
| 8. | sleeper (om dyr) tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water | ||
| Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | sleeper goby | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | percoid, percoid fish, percoidean | ||
| Tilhører disse overordnede termer | Eleotridae, family Eleotridae | ||
| 9. | sleeper (om handling) an unexpected hit | ||
| Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | That movie was the sleeper of the summer. | ||
| Mindre specifikke termer | bang, hit, smash, smasher, strike | ||
| Overordnet anvendelse | figure, figure of speech, image, trope | ||
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