Put to sleep meaning in English
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Definition
to put (a panda) to sleep: to kill or put to death (a panda) using non-violent, painless, humane methods; to euthanize (a panda)
Examples
- "Shoshana, who weighs 350 pounds (160 kilograms) and has a history of violence, will be put to sleep early next week."
Exercise 1
Choose the best term to complete the following sentence:
Shoshana will be because she is dangerous.
Shoshana will be because she is dangerous.
Choose the best term to complete the following sentence:
Shoshana will be killed because she is dangerous.
Shoshana will be killed because she is dangerous.
killed: This is the correct answer. To "put an animal to sleep" is a euphemism (a nice way of describing something that is not nice at all) meaning "to kill an animal" - usually by lethal injection. In the article, we read that "killing such "problem animals" is standard procedure" and that "Shoshana will be given a lethal injection". That's very sad, isn't it?
given a new sleeping area: This is incorrect. Unfortunately for Shoshana, she won't get a new bed. To "put an animal" to sleep does not literally mean to put them into bed: it means to kill them.
moved to another zoo: This is incorrect. There is no second chance for Shoshana, and she is not going to live in a different zoo.
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