Toru Higaki
Heavy, Deep or Dead Sleep?
I am wondering which adjective is better to describe sleeping well;
1) heavy sleep
2) deep sleep
3) dead sleep
My dictionay gives me above three expressions, but an internet site uses "heavy sleep" to describe "sleeping excessively of sleeping disorders", and "dead sleep" give me an image of "eternal rest of person who has passed away." Is "deep sleep" better expression?
Moreover, I would appreciate it if you tell me some atonyms of it.
Thank you for reading my question.
2016년 8월 13일 오후 10:39
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None of the above. If you want to describe 'sleeping well,' then the best expression is simply to say 'he slept well,' or 'he had a really good sleep.' You could also say 'he had a really refreshing sleep.'
'Heavy sleep,' and 'dead sleep,' are not used in our language. You might, very occasionally hear somebody say 'he was sleeping like the dead,' to indicate that a person was in a deep sleep.
'Deep sleep,' has two meanings. Firstly it can mean that somebody will sleep through almost any noise. Secondly, it is a recognised stage of the nightly sleep cycle. All normal individuals enter a phase of deep sleep every night. See, for example:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow-wave_sleep
2016년 8월 14일
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I would use "deep sleep", because it means "to sleep well". I`m not so sure about the two others.
2016년 8월 13일
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I think sleep well are better than those u mentioned.
2016년 8월 14일
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I would use deep sleep/Heavy sleep sounds awkward and dead sleep sounds like you're not having proper sleep.
2016년 8월 13일
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As an American, my first choice would probably be deep sleep, but all three could be used.
2016년 8월 13일
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