sleeper

Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

sleep‧er /ˈsliːpə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: ↑sleep, ↑sleeper, ↑sleepiness, ↑sleeplessness; adjective: ↑asleep, ↑sleepless, ↑sleepy; adverb: ↑sleepily, ↑sleeplessly; verb: ↑sleep]
1. someone who sleeps in a particular way
light sleeper (=someone who wakes easily)
heavy sleeper (=someone who does not wake easily)
2. someone who is asleep
3.
British English a heavy piece of wood or ↑concrete that supports a railway track SYN tie American English
4.
a) a night train with carriages that have beds for passengers to sleep in
b) a ↑sleeping car
c) American English a bed on a train for a passenger to sleep in
5. especially American English a film, book etc which is successful, even though people did not expect it to be
6. American English a piece of clothing for a baby that covers its whole body including its feet
7. a ↑spy who is sent to a particular place and who lives an ordinary life there until a later time, when they begin their spying activities

sleeperhu

◎	['sli:pə]
※	danh từ
	■	người ngủ (theo một cách nào đó)
		☆	a heavy sleeper
			người ngủ say
	■	tà vẹt (trên đường sắt) (như) tie
	■	giường ngủ (trong toa xe); toa xe có giường ngủ
	■	vòng xâu tai (vòng nhỏ đeo ở tay để duy trì lỗ bấm)
	■	gióng đỡ ngang
	■	(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) ngựa đua bất ngờ thắng cuộc; quyển sách (kịch..) bất ngờ thành công
◎	[sleeper]
〆	saying & slang
	■	ordinary device with surprising skill or power
		☆	The Taurus SHO was a sleeper. It looked slow, but it was fast!

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  sleeper goby, sleeping car, wagon-lit, tie, railroad tie, crosstie, slumberer