Word
sleepovers
过夜；留宿（尤指儿童聚会）
sleepovers is the plural of sleepover.
an occasion of spending the night away from home or having a guest stay overnight, especially as a party for children
- 1.
The act of spending the night as a guest in another's house, especially when the participants are children.
在别人家过夜(尤指儿童)。
- 2.
An overnight guest.
过夜的客人。
在别人家过夜(尤指儿童)。；过夜的客人。；就是孩子到别的小朋友家过夜。
In use
My daughter is so excited about the sleepover at her friend's house on Saturday.
We're having a sleepover for my son's birthday, so please bring your sleeping bag.
The kids watched movies and ate popcorn at the sleepover.
have a sleepover
常用搭配，表示举办一场过夜聚会。
We had a sleepover at my house on Saturday.
周六我们在我家办了留宿聚会。
go to a sleepover
go to a sleepover 表示前往别人家参加留宿活动。
My daughter is going to a sleepover tonight.
我女儿今晚要去朋友家过夜。
invite sb to a sleepover
invite sb to a sleepover 表示邀请某人来参加自己的过夜聚会。
Connections
Collocations
- have a sleepover
- 举办过夜聚会
- She is having a sleepover for her birthday this Saturday.她这周六要举办一次生日过夜聚会。
- go to a sleepover
- 去朋友家过夜
- My daughter is going to a sleepover at Emma's house tonight.我女儿今晚要去埃玛家过夜。
- sleepover party
- 过夜聚会
- They had a big sleepover party in the living room.他们在客厅办了一场大型过夜聚会。
- host a sleepover
- 主办过夜聚会
- We are hosting a sleepover for the soccer team after the game.比赛结束后，我们要为足球队主办一场过夜聚会。
Synonyms
- slumber party
- 睡衣留宿派对（多为女孩，穿上睡衣在朋友家过夜） · 与 sleepover 几乎同义，但更强调这是特意组织的派对，参加者多为女孩，常见于美式英语。sleepover 还可泛指孩子留宿朋友家的行为，不一定是派对。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
拆成 sleep（睡）+ over（过去）：想象小朋友背着睡袋去朋友家“睡过去”，就是过夜留宿。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：children's parties、family conversations、weekend activity planning sleepover 是偏口语的非正式说法，通常指孩子在朋友家过夜的聚会；多用于日常聊天、家庭对话或儿童活动安排，正式书面语中较少出现。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common word rhymes with sleepover. Words ending in -over (over, moreover, turnover) share the spelling but have a different stressed vowel, so they do not rhyme. Sleep, asleep, and oversleep share the /sliːp/ sound, but not the -over ending. Beware the -over lookalikes: they are stressed differently from sleepover.
Learn the forms together
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