| 单词 | doss |
| 释义 | doss1 /dɒs $ dɑːs/ verb [intransitive] British English informal 1 (also doss down) to sleep somewhere that is not your usual place, or not a real bed 〔不在通常睡觉的地方或不在床上〕将就着睡，过夜 I dossed down on the couch downstairs. 我是在楼下的长沙发上过夜的。2 doss around/about phrasal verb informal LAZYto spend your time in a lazy way, doing very little 混时间，闲混 We just dossed around all day Saturday. 星期六我们闲混了一整天。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusdoss• He meant he'd find somewhere to doss down, and that included me.• She knew that Harry liked to doss down in the porch.• I suppose that'd be to stop folks like Vern - like me and Vern - using them to doss down in.• Nor are folk expected to doss down on a pair of planks across the bath.• You can stay here, if you don't mind dossing down on the floor.• The party finished late, so I just dossed on the floor at Adele's.• He lets you doss on the floor of his bedroom.• Here he was a punter, a champagne Charlie, dossing with the underclass.doss2 noun British English informal 1 a doss informal EASYwork that does not need much effort 不费力的工作 This job’s a real doss. 这份工作真是轻松得很。Origin doss1 (1700-1800) doss “a (place to) sleep” ((18-20 centuries)), probably from French dos “back”, from the idea of lying on your back doss2 (1800-1900) doss “a sleep” ( → DOSS1), from the idea of something you could do in your sleepdoss1 verbdoss2 nounChinese to sleep not Corpus is that somewhere |
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