sleepwalker
sleepwalker — noun
1. A person who moves around, walks, or performs everyday actions while still in a
A person who moves around, walks, or performs everyday actions while still in a sleeping state, usually without any memory of these actions after waking up.
Since childhood, Élise has been a sleepwalker who would wander into the kitchen at night.
be + a sleepwalker describing a lifelong trait
Sleepwalkers often appear fully awake, but their eyes have a glassy, unfocused look.
Hao's doctor warned that being a sleepwalker can be dangerous near stairs or open windows.
The neighbour spotted Constanza walking barefoot in the garden and realised she was a sleepwalker.
By fifteen, Yara had naturally outgrown sleepwalking, so her parents no longer worried.
- somnambulist
Formal medical term, very rare in everyday speech
- noctambulist
Extremely rare technical term, mainly found in older medical texts
文法句型
be + a sleepwalker
用法筆記
Countable noun. Commonly used after the verb 'be' (someone is / was a sleepwalker). The condition itself is called sleepwalking or somnambulism and is more frequent in children than in adults.