動詞

(第三人稱單數簡單現在時，現在分詞，過去式，過去分詞)

1. 睡著，入睡
   • 1914, , 章號 II, 出自 Nobody, New York, N.Y.: , 出版於 1915, →OCLC:

     She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realising that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.

2. (比喻義) 麻木，麻痺

   My left leg has fallen asleep!

   我的左腿麻了！

3. (詩歌，委婉) 去世 (常見於墓碑上)
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 7:60:

     And he kneeled downe, and cried with a loud voice, Lord lay not this sinne to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleepe. And Saul was consenting vnto his death.

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