1. That movie was the sleeper of the year: suddenly everyone had to see it.
    那部电影爆出冷门，成了今年的最佳影片。突然间，每一个人都不得不一睹为快。

2. I booked a first-class sleeper.
    我订了头等卧铺车票。

3. I''m a light sleeper.
    我睡觉时很容易惊醒。

4. The football game was won by a sleeper, an unknown new player.
    足球比赛爆冷门，有一匹黑马赢球了，是一个名不见经传的新球员。

1. 傻瓜大闹科学城：之后她和导演及联合主演伍迪.艾伦一起合作了<呆头鹅>>(Play It Again, Sam)、<傻瓜大闹科学城>>(Sleeper)和<爱与死>>(Love and Death),从而确定了她喜剧演员的风格.

2. 卧铺：印度火车,一般分空调车(AC),普通卧铺(Sleeper)和坐席(Coach). 空调车安全舒适准时,一等车厢和我们的软卧差不多,但列车员的服务更细致到位. 二等车厢分上下两层铺位,每个铺位都装有布帘,睡觉时帘子一拉,自成一体,很惬意. 当然价格贵些,

3. (沉睡者)：之前有消息称,汤姆克鲁斯是这部漫画改编电影的主角,但最新消息显示莱奥纳多迪卡普里奥(Leonardo DiCaprio)已经取代他成为这部名为<沉睡者>>(Sleeper)的漫画改编电影主角,而大导演莱德利斯科特(Ridley Scott)将会执导该片.

4. 道(垫)木：手拉葫芦 Chain block | 道(垫)木 Sleeper | 转速表 Tachometer

1. 睡觉…者;睡眠…的人
    You can use sleeper to indicate how well someone sleeps. For example, if someone is a light sleeper, they are easily woken up.

    e.g. I''m a very light sleeper and I can hardly get any sleep at all...
           我睡觉很轻，几乎就没睡着。
    e.g. Poor sleepers take longer to fall asleep than good sleepers.
           与睡眠好的人相比，睡眠不好的人要花更长的时间才能入睡。

2. (英国英语的)卧铺车厢,卧铺铺位（在美国英语中，sleeping car 指卧铺车厢，roomette 则指一个卧铺的铺位)
    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.

3. 卧铺列车
    A sleeper is a train with beds for its passengers to sleep in at night.

4. (铁路上的)枕木
    Railway sleepers are large heavy beams that support the rails of a railway track.

5. 出乎意料的成功者;爆冷门的人(或事物)
    If you describe someone or something as a sleeper, you mean that they unexpectedly become successful, often after a long period of being inactive or unknown.

    e.g. ...Menno Meyjes, a young Dutch writer, who had had his first success with the sleeper ''The Children''s Crusade''.
           凭借着《童子军》的意外走红而首尝成功的年轻荷兰作家——曼诺·梅耶斯

1. an unexpected hit

    e.g. that movie was the sleeper of the summer

2. tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water

    Synonym: sleeper goby

3. a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed

4. pajamas with feet
    worn by children

5. a passenger car that has berths for sleeping

    Synonym: sleeping carwagon-lit

6. one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track

    e.g. the British call a railroad tie a sleeper

    Synonym: tierailroad tiecrosstie

7. a rester who is sleeping

    Synonym: slumberer

8. an unexpected achiever of success

    e.g. the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it

9. a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal