| 单词 | doze |
| 释义 | doze /dəʊz $ doʊz/ verb [intransitive] 1 SLEEPto sleep lightly for a short time 小睡，打瞌睡，打盹儿 Grandad was dozing in his chair. 爷爷在椅子上打瞌睡。► see thesaurus at sleep2 doze off phrasal verb SLEEPto go to sleep, especially when you did not intend to 〔尤指在无意的情况下〕睡着 SYN drop off, nod off I must have dozed off. 我一定是睡着了。 —doze noun [singular]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusdoze• While Celestine paid avid attention, Paula started to doze.• He left his mother dozing by the file.• With eel in her hand, the baby at her feet, Sethe dozed, dry-mouthed and sweaty.• Some people managed to sleep, but most of us just dozed fitfully.• Geoff lay dozing gently in a sunlounger.• From here she could see old Mrs Fermoyle dozing in her huge crib.• Kevin often dozes in his chair instead of going to lunch.• As we dozed off, we heard the sound of approaching footsteps and voices, which jerked us quickly back to life.• All this is done while the philosopher stares abstractedly out of the window and the interviewer dozes off.• Lying on the bed she had dozed rather than slept.Origin doze (1600-1700) From a Scandinavian language; related to Old Norse dúsa “to sleep lightly”doze verbChinese Corpus time for to lightly short a sleep |
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