sleepwalking [
'sli:pwɔ:kiŋ]
n. 梦游病
sleepwalking[ noun ]
walking by a person who is asleep
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Sleepwalking \Sleep"walk`ing\, n.
Walking in one's sleep.
Somnambulation \Som*nam`bu*la"tion\, n. [L. somnus sleep +
ambulatio a walking about, from ambulare to walk. See
{Somnolent}, {Amble}.]
The act of walking in sleep, called also {sleepwalking}.
- They won't do anything sleepwalking they wouldn't do while awake.
- MUSIC Lyric Opera of Chicago: Donato Renzetti conducts a new staging of Bellini's "La Sonnambula" with Cecilia Gasdia as the sleepwalking innocent and Frank Lopardo as incredulous Elvino.
- More important was turning up for the May 1 parade." Eva, sensitive and perceptive, described people as sleepwalking through the work week; speaking one way and thinking another, even avoiding friendships for fear of betrayal.
- During pretrial hearings, a psychiatrist said Willis was sleepwalking when he killed his mother and wounded his father in 1986.
- According to testimony, there are about 35 documented cases worldwide of homicides committed during sleepwalking.