SLEEPING BEAUTY


Meaning of SLEEPING BEAUTY in English

ˌSleeping ˈBeauty BrE AmE

the main character in a ↑ fairy tale called Sleeping Beauty , who is a princess who lives in a castle. An evil ↑ fairy makes the princess and everyone else in the castle fall asleep forever. A thick forest grows around the castle and hides it until, after a hundred years, a prince finds Sleeping Beauty and kisses her, and then she and everyone else in the castle wake up. Someone who seems to be sleeping peacefully is sometimes described as ‘Sleeping Beauty’:

Just look at Sleeping Beauty there!

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.