tiredness
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈtaɪəd.nəs/ us /ˈtaɪrd.nəs/
B2
the feeling that you are in need of rest or sleep: 疲劳;困倦
He said that it was tiredness that led him to make the mistake.他说是疲劳使他犯了这个错误。
I was overtaken by a sudden wave of tiredness.我忽然感到一阵疲惫。
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His constant tiredness was caused by depression.
Martin blamed tiredness for his defeat in the game.
They began to feel the tiredness in their muscles.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Tired and making tired
all in
anti-fatigue
at your worstidiom
be dead on your feetidiom
be fit/ready to dropidiom
finish something off
fit to dropidiom
fragile
frazzled
gassed
haggard
knackered
shell-shocked
sleep deprivation
sleep-deprived
sleepily
sleepiness
sleepy
strung out
zonked
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