It was necessary, therefore, to invent instruments that neither slumbered nor slept.

因此，有必要发明一种仪器，既不打盹，也不睡觉。

Yes, you might have heard of a 'cat nap' which is kind of similar, but it's not associated with work and we have other words to talk about sleep like 'snooze' or 'to nod off' and many others.

是，可能听说过类似 cat nap，但它与工作无关，我们还有其他词来形容睡眠，比如“打盹”或“打瞌睡”等等。

But when the bear's curiosity gets the best of it and the sleeping giant wakes up, it's the bear that bolts, not the napper.

但是当奇心得到满足时候，沉睡中“巨人”醒了，然而逃走是，而不是那位打盹人。

So, that is called the snooze button. The verb to snooze means to sleep, so it allows you to sleep a little extra time.

所以它叫作贪睡按钮。动词snooze意思是“打盹”，所以贪睡按钮会睡一小会。

Go to bed at the same time, avoid digital screens after dark, and don't hit snooze.

保持上床睡觉时间一致，关灯之后不要看电子屏幕，白天不要打盹。

He can when he is wide awake; but owls can't see very well in the daytime, and he was taking a nap.

“它十分清醒时是可以，但猫头鹰在白天看不太清楚东西，它正在打盹。”

The wolf flop down, watch those eerie eyes as the eyelids droop and the wolf naps.

这只狼卧倒在地，看它那双可怕眼睛，它眼皮耷拉下来，开始打盹。

And people started to joke, like the dude's napping.

人们开始开玩笑说，那家伙在打盹呢。史蒂夫现在正在打盹。

I would get a gold medal in napping.

我会在打盹项目上获得金牌。

So slumber is just another word for sleep.

所以" 打盹" 只是" 睡觉" 另一种说法。

Yeah, they do basically nap for a living.

没错，它们基本上就是靠打盹过活。

I soon fell asleep before Wemmick's fire, and the Aged and I enjoyed one another's society by falling asleep before it more or less all day.

在温米克炉火前，我很快就睡着了，而老父亲和我则半整天都在炉火前互相陪伴着打盹。

And when I was doing work that was not super engaging to my brain, it was like I would sleep in between things.

而当我从事那些对大脑吸引力不大工作时，感觉就像在做事情间隙中打盹。

All their spirits leaped up when she mentioned forty winks, and flopped down again when she mentioned the return of the hunting party.

他们听到她提起打盹，顿时情绪高涨，再听到她提起打猎那伙人回头又垂头丧气了。

Like, I love the idea of power naps, but I generally can't actually fall asleep.

我超爱打盹这个主意，但通常我真睡不着。

" Yonder, " said I, pointing; " over there, where I found him nodding asleep, and thought it was you" .

“那边，”我说着，指了指方向，“就在那，我见他打盹，还以为是呢。”

Do you guys ever take cat naps or power naps?

们会打盹或小憩一会吗？