给(某人)读书(或故事)使其入睡
to read aloud to someone until they go to sleep
Every night when I was a child my father used to read me to sleep. 童年时,每天晚上父亲都给我读故事哄我入睡。
Eva doesn't like it when I leave the room so I usually end up reading her to sleep.
He likes me to read him to sleep.
The study suggested that reading your children to sleep every night may help increase their passive language skills.
I'm trying not to read her to sleep because I want her to be able to get herself to sleep.
See also: read verb (UNDERSTAND)