put sb to sleep口語
(用藥物)麻醉
to make sb unconscious before an operation by using drugs (called an anaesthetic)
put sth to sleep
(用藥物)使長眠,無痛苦地殺死(生病或受傷的動物)
to kill a sick or injured animal by giving it drugs so that it dies without pain. People say' put to sleep' to avoid saying' kill'.
釋義來自《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》第 9 版