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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
sleeper
sleep·er [sleeper sleepers] BrE [ˈsliːpə(r)] NAmE [ˈsliːpər] noun 1. (used with an adjective)a person who sleeps in a particular way •a heavy/light/sound sleeper 2. a person who is asleep •Only the snores of the sleepers broke the silence of the house. 3. a night train with beds for passengers on it •the London–Edinburgh sleeper •I came up last night on the sleeper. 4. = ↑sleeping car 5. (BrE) (NAmE tie)one of the heavy pieces of wood or concrete on which the rails on a railway/railroad track are laid 6. (informal, especially NAmE)a film/movie, play or book that for a long time is not very successful and then is suddenly a success 7. (also ˌsleeper ˈagent)a ↑spy who is sent to live in a country as a normal citizen and is not used until much later •The sleeper had lived in the US for two decades. •He infiltrated a terrorist sleeper cell. 8. (BrE)a ring or piece of metal that you wear in an ear that has been pierced (= had a hole made in it) to keep the hole from closing See also: ↑tie
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