siesta

noun

1. （尤指在气候炎热的国家的）午睡，午休
   a rest or sleep taken in the early afternoon, especially in hot countries
   1. to have/take a siesta
      睡午觉

1. N-COUNT (尤指气候炎热国家的)午睡，午休
   A siesta is a short sleep or rest which you have in the early afternoon, especially in hot countries.
   1. They have a siesta during the hottest part of the day.
      他们会在一天中最炎热的时刻小睡一会儿。

1. They have a siesta during the hottest part of the day.
   他们会在一天中最炎热的时刻小睡一会儿。
2. I always enjoy a nap on Saturday afternoon.
   男士一般都在星期六下午睡个午觉（enjoyalongsiestaonSaturdayafternoon），但女士说Mr。
3. Fortunately, being a college lecturer, I don't have to go to work everyday. I only work three days a week, but during the three days I work really long hours and have no time for a wee little siesta.
   作为一个大学讲师我很幸运不用每天去上班，我一周只要工作三天，但是在这三天我工作很长很长时间没有一点时间可以小睡一下。
4. Latin countries have a working day with a siesta for lunches, or mixing with family.
   拉美国家在工作日有午睡时间，或者去吃午餐或者与家人团聚。
5. However, things are changing and there is a proposed labor reform in Spain to shorten the working day by eliminating the siesta!
   但是，事情在不断变化，西班牙有一项劳动改革提议去除午睡来缩短工作时间！
6. Even if you do not want or need a full siesta of an hour or so, a nap may benefit you.
   事实上，即使是你不想或不需要一小时的午睡，睡上一小觉对你来说也是很有益处的。
7. I was just curling up for my siesta.
   我刚才只是蜷着身子在午休。
8. I'm going upstairs for a siesta.
   我要去楼上午休一下。
9. Most people here take a siesta after lunch.
   这里大多数的人吃过中饭都午睡。
10. These workers have no time for a siesta in summer.
    这些工人在夏天都没有时间午睡。
11. Life starts again slowly, as people emerge from their homes after dinner and a siesta.
    午餐和午休后人们从家里出来，慢节奏的生活开始了。
12. The practice of having a siesta after lunch is alien to the english.
    午饭后午睡一会儿的做法对英男人来说是新奇的。
13. I like to have a siesta after lunch.
    我喜欢在饭后午休。
14. The first Siesta Championship was held to promote nation's endangered nap in Madrid, Spain.
    第一届睡眠锦标赛在西班牙马德里举行，目的就是鼓励更多人午睡。
15. This effect might be the main reason for the desired post-lunch siesta.
    这可能就是午后犯困的主要原因了。
16. Angela: have you ever seen a Ford siesta?
    安琪拉：你见过福特西斯塔吗？
17. Why not a siesta at work?
    上班时为什么不能午睡？
18. Are your ad partner's servers taking a siesta?
    是您的广告合作伙伴的服务器采取午睡？
19. They work in the morning and have a siesta in the afternoon.
    他们每天上午工作，下午午休。
20. In the Tuscan countryside people start their day quite early, just before dawn, but wind down in the early afternoon for siesta.
    在托斯卡纳乡村地区，在破晓前人们很早就开始了他们一天的生活，但是在下午很早时便迂回去午睡。
21. Angela: Personal? This is your personal invitation to view the new Ford Siesta Turbo.
    安琪拉：私人？这是私人请柬参观新福特·西斯塔涡轮汽车。
22. Before going out for dinner I took a Spanish siesta.
    吃晚饭前偶小憩了一下。
23. You know, I could really do with a siesta, she said.
    你看，我真得去睡个午觉，她轻声说。
24. Man1: He could win a new Ford Siesta!
    男士一：获胜的话，他会获得一部新的福特·希斯特轿车！
25. Our energy peaks mid-morning, and it's natural to want a siesta in the afternoon.
    我们精力最旺盛的高峰期在上午，到了下午自然会想睡个午觉。
26. Roberto Mendez was taking his afternoon siesta when the plane crashed into his bedroom.
    飞机冲入卧室的时候，罗伯托·门德斯正在午睡。
27. But it was tough to get to sleep after that siesta I had.
    但是偶在小憩过后实在很难入睡。
28. I think it's time for a little siesta.
    我想是时候小睡一会了。

noun

1. a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries)