English Dictionary

oversleep

/ˈəʊvəɹˌsliːp/

verb

(intransitive) To sleep for longer than intended. / (reflexive, now rare) To sleep for longer than one intended. / (transitive) To sleep beyond (a given time), to sleep through (an event etc.).

I always oversleep on weekends.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To sleep for longer than intended.

I overslept and was late for school.

意味（2）

(reflexive, now rare) To sleep for longer than one intended.

A]fter such a train of fatigue and restless nights, I had unhappily overslept myself […].

意味（3）

(transitive) To sleep beyond (a given time), to sleep through (an event etc.).

to oversleep one's usual hour of rising