transcription, транскрипция: [ sli:pə(r) ]
( sleepers)
1.
You can use sleeper to indicate how well someone sleeps. For example, if someone is a light sleeper , they are easily woken up.
I’m a very light sleeper and I can hardly get any sleep at all...
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2.
In British English, a sleeper is a carriage on a train containing beds for passengers to sleep in at night, or a section of such a carriage. The usual American words are sleeping car for the carriage and roomette for the section.
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3.
A sleeper is a train with beds for its passengers to sleep in at night. ( BRIT )
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4.
Railway sleepers are large heavy beams that support the rails of a railway track. ( BRIT; in AM, use ties )
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